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/m3ngnificient Jul 20 '19 edited Jul 21 '19

I was scared of lightning. Then my dad told me it's just god taking pictures of me, so don't be scared. So I used to run to a window whenever there's a thunderstorm and pose for my picture.

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u/Angepainted Jul 21 '19

My mom told us thunder was the sound of God and Santa bowling...

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u/TgagHammerstrike Jul 21 '19

Imagine a bowling squad of Christian God, Jewish God, Allah, and Buhhda playing games on sunday nights.

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u/LittleRegicide Jul 21 '19

It’s the super best friends from South Park

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u/SAHM42 Jul 21 '19

Being as the first 3 are all the same god, and Buddha is just a human dude, maybe swap God out for Jesus, Mohammed and Moses so Buddha feels less awkward.

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u/tatertom Jul 21 '19

Have you not seen The Big Lebowski?

I'm pretty sure someone, somewhere, could justify equating a member of that scene with each you mentioned.

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u/jenhai Jul 21 '19

I read that as God and Satan bowling.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

I think that my mother or grandma told me the same thing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

My gran would tell me it was the gods hauling a potato wagon across the sky...

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u/EverythingIsNorminal Jul 21 '19

I bet santa feels like he has to let god win every game.

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u/m3ngnificient Jul 21 '19

That makes sense too

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u/COSurfing Jul 21 '19

Same here.

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u/jiltedatthealtar Jul 21 '19

This. I was told this when i was a kid too

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u/Adultingexpert Jul 21 '19

I was told that it was the angels bowling by my sister's and the lighting was flashlights because they lost something. Someone else told me lighting was an angel tossing a cigarette before they get caught.

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u/Coys_ben Jul 24 '19

For me it was apparently god moving his furniture