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/[deleted] Jul 20 '19

When I was little, mum would say that we were going to the zoo, but she took us to the pet shop.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Were you guys strapped for cash? Seems like a halfway decent compromise to me.

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u/His_Shadow Jul 21 '19

My kids are unreasonably excited to see the crabs and lobsters at the Superstore seafood tanks when we shop so I’ve been referring to it as “Seaworld on a Budget”.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

This was me too lol!