Things you heard as a kid that you still buy at face value

[democracyindanger]

If somebody stabs you with a pencil, you could get lead poisoning.

[undeterred]

1. A "broken leg" means the leg is actually broken off

like if it happened to your doll.

[MsAnthropy]

2. Gum stays in your stomach for seven years

[henslee]

10. I heard if you swallow it, it sticks to your ribs and hangs there 4 years.

[two gun sid]

3. "Any workin' man...

that votes for a republican is a goddamn idiot".

[democracyindanger]

5. Damn, somebody was raised right

[undeterred]

4. If you eat the uncooked cake or cookie batter

it will explode in your stomach.

[Shine]

6. Running with scissors is dangerous.

;)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. Step on a crack

you break somebody's back.

[William Bloode]

8. A penny saved is a penny earned.

And never buy anything if you can't pay cash for it. I live by those 2, and is why i remain totally debt free to this very day.

[azmouse]

9. Don't swallow a watermelon seed

or a watermelon will grow in your stomach.
That would be kinda neat, huh? :-)

[MsAnthropy]

11. Your Permanent Record will follow you for the rest of your life

and you won't be able to get a job

[aclog]

16. For some of us

this one follows us in the worst kinda way

[aclog]

17. For some of us

this one follows us in the worst kinda way

[swag]

12. In space, the astronauts put a pill in their pee to turn it into water.

And they put a pill in their poop to turn it into chocolate cake.

[ET Awful]

13. Something about hairy palms and going blind . . .

:evilgrin:

[aclog]

18. I've been rigorously testing that one since I heard it

and its only half true

[JitterbugPerfume]

14. God is watching everything you do

he even knows your thoughts

and there is a literal heaven and hell


oh wait-----that was George Bush

[ChoralScholar]

15. Insurance is the most expensive thing there is

until you need it, then it's the cheapest thing you can buy.

[Texasgal]

19. You'll get pregnant

if you sit on a Mans lap in a wet bathing suit! :scared:

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. If you cross your eyes long enough

they'll stay that way.

Swear to Dog, to this day I don't cross my eyes for more than a couple seconds. :crazy:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. If you touch the liquid core of a golf ball you will die.