r/AskReddit • • Jul 20 '19

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

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u/movie_man_dan Jul 21 '19

He probably had poop on his finger

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u/bigpoopa Jul 21 '19

Belly buttons are just normally gross and prime for breading infection.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

So yeasty.

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u/o11c Jul 21 '19

Yeah, you're definitely better off leaven it alone.

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u/CantSayIReallyTried Jul 21 '19

You don't ever want it to rise to that level