April 23, 2008

Mother is not always right

For some strange reason it would seem that all of things that your mother told you not to do were in fact wrong. Here are just a few examples of the things that some mothers say in order to stop their children from doing something they do not like.

“Stop cracking your knuckles…it will give you arthritis!”
“If you shave your facial hair, it will come back thicker.”
“Watching TV too close will hurt your eyes and make you go blind!”
“It’s cold outside - if you don’t bundle up you’re going to get sick!”
“Make sure to clean behind your ears - if not, potatoes will start growing there!”
“If you swallow a watermelon seed, if will grow inside your stomach!”
“Don’t swallow that gum - it will stay in your stomach for seven years!”
“You’re too young to start drinking coffee - it will stunt your growth.”
“Eating your carrots will improve your eyesight enough to see in the dark.”
“Stop playing with that toad - you’ll just get warts on your hand!”
“Wait an hour after eating to get in the swimming pool, or you’ll get a cramp and die!”
“If you keep making that face, it might freeze and stay that way forever!”
“You’re going to poke someone’s eye out with that!”
“Eating too many spicy foods will give you ulcers.”
“Get down from there - you’re going to fall and crack your head open!”
“If you keep playing with it, it will fall off someday.”

Of course not all mothers say all of these things, but it has to be a good bet that she would have said at least one at some time during your childhood.

Source [Mothers Day Central]