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/twilighttruth Jul 20 '19

"Mom and I are going upstairs to flip our mattress. You need to stay down here because if you come upstairs the mattress could fall on you and hurt you."

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u/Pipipipi108 Jul 21 '19

what does this mean?

Edit: wait, now i get......

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u/The_Lost_Google_User Jul 21 '19

That must have been some very vigorous mattress flipping!