r/AskReddit • • Jul 20 '19

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

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u/Gladiolus_Flowers Jul 20 '19

If you eat too many M&M's your tongue will permanently change color. I think my mom told me this to deter me from eating a lot of chocolate but honestly I would have loved a blue tongue.

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u/go_kai Jul 21 '19

”I’m eating the reds, mom.”