“Quicksand is a legitimate danger to my life.”
When we grow up, however, we realise that some of it is utter nonsense.
“, and we thought we’d share some of the best responses.

“Cars don’t start if your seatbelt isn’t buckled.
I then told this same lie to my children, it works a treat lol.”
u/Royal_Confidence24
2.

“If you eat a watermelon seed then a watermelon will grow inside of you.”
u/ONEofWON
3.
“That quicksand is a legitimate danger to my life.”

u/PetiteBustyMyra
5. u/so_illogical
6.
“That adults knew what they were doing.
u/DreamyMeats
7.

“The moon is following me everywhere.”
u/Tiny_Landscape_8350
8. u/SlackPriestess
9.
“That when I was an adult I’d have all the time in the world.”

u/Maso_TGN
10.
“Women get pregnant after hugging a man.”
u/Ferociouspenguin718
11.

“That I could dig to China.”
u/ZapRowsdowerlegend
12.
“The pee is stored in the balls.”
u/usually_surly
13.
“Don’t get me started on Sea Monkeys.”
u/cuntofmontecrisco
14. u/Pale_Nobody428
15.
“That whenever I swallowed bubblegum, it would pile up in my stomach and eventually kill me.”
u/bacon_reese
16.
“That carrots help you see in the dark.”
casualgem30
H/T tou/Murky-Razzmatazz-393andr/AskRedditfor having the convo!
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