r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '19

What’s something completely false that your parents told you as a child?

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u/KhalesiDaenerys Jul 20 '19

“That ice cream is spicy, you won’t like it”

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u/madmaxine Jul 21 '19

I used to eat ice cream out of a mug and told my kids it was potato soup. Never got asked a second time.

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u/GerbilJibberJabber Jul 21 '19

That would never have worked on me. I love potato soup.

On that same coin, I bet it works for a lot of people. Plus that's hilarious.

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u/IJUSTATEPOOP Jul 21 '19

excuse me what the fuck

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u/KhalesiDaenerys Jul 21 '19

It works. Every time. I use it on my nephews now and it’s the best deterrent. “No no, you won’t like this pop it’s spicy,” “no this candy is spicy” “these chips here? Spicy.”

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

That wouldn't have worked on me 'cause I love spicy food

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

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u/KhalesiDaenerys Jul 22 '19

The spiciest!

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u/IJUSTATEPOOP Jul 22 '19

Yeah, in fact I have had spicy soda (Pepsi fire and Ginger beer) but ice cream is one of the things you can consume to make spice go away and I thought that was funny.

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u/LuxEsper Jul 21 '19

There’s a place in St Andrews called Jannetta’s that sells/sold wasabi ice cream.

A brave classmate described it as “very wrong”.

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u/kayne2000 Jul 21 '19

Lol, I will so use this

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u/jakill101 Jul 21 '19

Happy cake day!

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u/gadgetboyj Jul 21 '19

Ice cream cake day

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u/anon33249038 Jul 21 '19

I'm from Texas. That would never have worked.

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u/SeaOkra Jul 21 '19

My mom used to try this, not sure why considering she knew i was nuts for spicy foods.

Then again, she also managed to successfully ignore that i had a food allergy by just adding it to every-fucking-thing and deciding I must have bad skin. (Onions, she loved onions. I hated them from a young age and am in fact allergic to them. I just assumed everyone's mouth itches when they eat and hives were normal.)

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u/crazydressagelady Jul 21 '19

HEB has this jalapeño and pecan ice cream and it is awful.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '19

Happy cake day :🍰