20 Lies Our Parents Used To Tell Us When We Were Innocent Little Kids

            Hands up if you were "picked up from the longkang". :p











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1. “I picked you up from the dumpster / longkang / tong sampah.”

2. “If you don’t stop crying / misbehaving, I’ll call the police to come and catch you.”

3. “If you don’t stop crying / misbehaving, I’m going to abandon you on the side of the road.”

4. “If you tell me the truth, I won’t scold / punish you.”

5. “If you lie to me, your nose will grow like Pinocchio’s.”

6. “We’ll buy this next time.”

8. “Don’t touch anything. If you break something and they put you in jail, then I cannot help you already.”

9. “We cannot go to Sunway Lagoon / eat at McDonald’s because they are closed today.”

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10. “Eat more [insert “healthy” food here], it will [insert beneficial adjective here]!”

<strong>Common examples include:</strong><br></br>- Eat more fish, it makes you smarter! <br></br>- Eat more bitter gourd, it prevents cancer! <br></br>- Eat more tomatoes, they make your face smoother! <br></br>- Drink more of this disgusting herbal soup, it will boost your immune system!</p>  





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11. “Don’t leave any rice on your plate. If not, you / your future boyfriend or girlfriend / your future husband or wife will have a lot of pimples.”

12. “Don’t swallow the seed, or else a tree will grow out of you,” and…

“Don’t swallow your chewing gum, it will get stuck in your intestines and stay there forever.”

13. “Don’t eat too much, your stomach will explode.”

14. “You cannot eat this, it’s too spicy.”

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15. “Don’t sit too near the TV, later your eyes rosak / you become blind.”

16. “Don’t jump or run around after eating, you will get appendicitis.”

17. “Don’t laugh too much before you sleep, you’ll get nightmares.”

18. “Don’t sit on your pillow, later bisul (boils) grow on your backside.”

19. “Stop pouting / making ugly faces, later get stuck like that then only you know.”

20. “I have grey hair because you are so naughty!”

So, what other “lies” have your parents told you when you were growing up? Let us know in the comments below!

While we’re still going down memory lane, remember the good ol’ schooling days where most of your memories were made?

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