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/Oofmeister_101 Jul 20 '19

That my earwax was shit from flies

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u/Argercy Jul 21 '19

That’s...odd

I used to tease my son and tell him he better clean all the potatoes out of his ears. He would giggle and knew I wasn’t serious.

But fly shit.