21 of the Funniest Lies Parents Ever Told Their Kids

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Reddit users sharedthe funniest lies theyve everheard aparent tell a kid:

1. My mom said they only named hurricanes aftergirls otherwise they would be himicanes.

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2. When I was a kid my parents warned me that if Ipressed the reset button on the power outlet thehouse would explode.

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3. My dad told me the rumble strips on the highwaywere for blind drivers.
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4. When we went to the store my mom used to tellme, Every time you touch something a kitten dies.

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5. My grandma told us that smelling each othersfarts would make us stronger. Worst Christmas ever

for us, funniest Christmas for her.

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6. My mom told me that drag racers were two menrunning down the street in womens clothing.

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7. I told my kids that if they didnt behave in thedrive-thru theyd get a Sad Meal.


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8. My dad convinced me that our last name literallytranslated to of Caesar and that we were direct

descendant of the rulers of Rome. I felt like a badassuntil I started taking Latin classes in middle school.

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9. My mom got tired of my brother and me eating her

scallops, so she told us they were dolphin balls.
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10. My friend ripped open a handwarmer, and whenthe powder got on his hands his parents told him hishands would disintegrate by age 30. We looked upwhat disintegrate meant later that night, and hebawled hysterically while staring at his hands.

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11. My flatmate grew up on a farm and was told byher parents that their TV only worked when it rained.
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12. My dad told me people only get 10,000 words permonth. If you reach the limit, you cant physicallyspeak until the new month begins. Anytime I wasespecially talkative, dad would say, Careful, youreover 9,000 by now.

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13. Grandpa told me that theres a tube connectingmy belly button to my butt, and that if I unscrewed mybelly button my butt would fall off.


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14. Mum told me 7-Eleven was only open from 7 p.m.to 11 p.m., and that 7 p.m. was far too late to have aSlurpee.

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15. Living on the West Coast, my friend showed theEast Coast feed of the New Years Eve countdown toher kids, then had them in bed just after nine.
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16. Grandma said: If you wander off, the boogie manwill kill you and make sausage out of you.

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17. My mom told my brother and me that a penguinlived behind the fridge, and if we left the door opentoo long wed steal his cold and hed get mad andcome out and bite us.
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18. My father told me that pears were apples fromouter space.

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19. My father always said the animals on the side of
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the road were just taking a nap because the road waswarm.

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20. As a kid I put a tooth in a plastic bag and slid itunder my pillow for the tooth fairy. When my parentsforgot to put money under my pillow, my dad said,You shouldnt have put the tooth in a bag. The toothfairy couldnt smell it.

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21. When my daughters were little I told them that if

they burped, farted, and sneezed at the same time,they would turn inside out.
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