May 31, 20197 yr I don't know whether calling them "urban legends" is the most accurate way to describe it. Maybe fake news? But what false stories did you believe when you were a youngster? Ones I can think of are: * Axl Rose died * The Ultimate Warrior died (a wrestler) * Shania Twain has AIDS * If you turn your eyelids inside-out and someone slaps you in the back of the head, they'll stick How about you?
May 31, 20197 yr I don't know whether calling them "urban legends" is the most accurate way to describe it. Maybe fake news? But what false stories did you believe when you were a youngster? Ones I can think of are: * Axl Rose died * The Ultimate Warrior died (a wrestler) * Shania Twain has AIDS * If you turn your eyelids inside-out and someone slaps you in the back of the head, they'll stick How about you? Only ever heard of the Ultimate Warrior one, I never heard the others.
May 31, 20197 yr Children are to be seen and not heard. My parents had a special TV channel that they could watch me at school all day. Thunderstorms were St. Peter and Paul bowling in heaven. Having the dome light on in the car blinds other drivers. I need to wait an hour after eating before I can get back in the pool to swim. Sitting too close to the TV will ruin my eyes. The car won't start until my seat belt is fastened. Santa always knows if I misbehave.
May 31, 20197 yr There was one about Richard Gere and a gerbil, I guess I may still believe it. I never heard the Richard Gere version, but this story was floating around in the Philidelphia area about a local newscaster in the 80's.
May 31, 20197 yr Children are to be seen and not heard. My parents had a special TV channel that they could watch me at school all day. Thunderstorms were St. Peter and Paul bowling in heaven. Having the dome light on in the car blinds other drivers. I need to wait an hour after eating before I can get back in the pool to swim. Sitting too close to the TV will ruin my eyes. The car won't start until my seat belt is fastened. Santa always knows if I misbehave. Sitting to close to the TV has been proven wrong by the invention of he virtual reality headsets for your phone. Seems closer the better now!
May 31, 20197 yr Definitely terrified of the old guy that lived on the property next door to the parish school I grew up at. Multiple people told me he'd come out with a gun if you stepped on his land. Nope. Just an old guy. After he died, his estate sold off the property and now it's an apartment complex. So it goes.
May 31, 20197 yr The "too close to the TV will ruin your eyes" for sure. I heard it 1,038 times as a kid. Swimming without sitting out 30 minutes will cause horrible cramping. I guess I still believe it because I tell my kids the same thing! :bunny:
June 1, 20197 yr Saying “Bloody Mary” 3x into a mirror in the dark would something something something. Had me using a nightlight until middle school.
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