What 'tricks' did your parents make you believe when you were little? :)?

On New YEars Eve, they had me watching the ball drop in a different time zone, so we would go to bed earlier.

Anytime I asked my parents for something that was a little outrageous, the answer would be "When pigs Fly!" My family was sitting at the table having dinner one night in front of our sliding glass doors that look out into the back yard where the was a huge shed. Next thing we know we heard a loud crash and seen a huge hole in the roof of our shed. My parents run out to the yard to see what happened. When the excitement ended we were told what happened. A hot air balloon crashed into the shed! It just so happened the balloon was a Ms. Piggy balloon. That weekedn my brother and I got to go to Toys r us and pick us out a new toy since pigs fly. They tried to use that expression still but then they would have to give in to our request.

oh goodness. well first.. my sister once made some really gross mac and cheese when i was like 5 (im 15 now) , so she told me my toungue was a different color every time i took a bite..and i kept looking in the mirror, but she said that only big kids could see it. i thought it was pretty cool, so i kept eating it.

and then my mom and dad said that if i ate the seeds of a fruit, then that kind of tree would grow in my belly. i started crying, because i had just eaten a watermelon seed. :]

and thennn. my dad would pretend to call the doctor whenever i wouldn't eat my veggies. he said that the doctor was gunna give me a shot (with a realllllly long needle) in my butt. i was scared, but i eventually caught on. he was really calling time and temperature.

my aunt said her brother told her that if she was born on lets say the 10th she would never get older than 10 years

my dad says jokingly to me: if u eat this ur hair will be curly[since he knows i don't want curly hair]

hahah 8P

EDIT:

my friends dad told her when she was little she swallowed a penny so he picked her up and shook her upside down until it came out

she still believes it and i don't have the heart to tell her the truth

also my dad told when i was younger if i ate too much candy i would turn into a piece :P

haha

We played the quiet game a lot. "1-2-3- Quiet!" and whoever spoke first lost. I'm sure my parents loved that game!

And whenever we wanted to go to McDonald's is just so happened that they were closed that day. I fell for this once but they kept my sister going with this one for a while!

This wasn't practical, but my dad used to tell us that if we planted Cheerios we could grow a donut tree. Haha, all the neighborhood kids fell for that one, too!

They'd say I could choose if I wanted a sister or a pony. I could get one or the other.

So I made out a plan already, where to put the pony, how to feed it and how often I could ride it, what to name it...

Turned out they were lying since my mom was pregnant with a baby girl.

I still wanted the pony, I just never got it.

When asked why May 30th (original Memorial Day) had parades, picnics, no school, my grandmother told me that was because I was such a special and beautiful baby when born (my B'day is May 30th) that a holiday was declared. She had always told me that I was never to lie to grandma, but I guess it was OK for her to lie to her granddaughter.

When I caught them in bed, dad told me he was holding mum down so she wouldn't float away!

It never crossed my mind that she stayed firmly on the ground the rest of the time!

I used to LOVE getting inside the washing machine so one day my mom got tired of me doing that so she told me that a huge knife would come out of nowhere and get me! it was kinda cruel but it worked, LOL

omg those r hilarious!!! one time my mom was driving the car with my 2 other sisters (we were like 5) and we would always jump up and down in th car. then she would scream.."the cops are coming!!! the cops r coming 2 catch us. sit down and buckle ur seat belts now!" we would freak out and sit down ammediatly. haha it was hilarious. a couple yrs later we found out she was lieing lol