When we were kids, our parents taught us how to read, write, spell, share, values, good manners (some of us at least) and many other valuable lessons that we carry with us till today. But there are some that really stick to our minds, mostly because they scare the s#*t out of us, or because we just don’t understand where they came from.  One night, I was having dinner with some friends and we started talking about the things our parents used to say.  Here’s what we came up with:

1.  When you die, everything you didn’t eat on earth you will eat in purgatory.

I don’t eat the egg whites of fried eggs and to this day, I am still dreading the thought of ending up in purgatory and all the egg whites I’ll have to eat when I get there.  My friend’s daughter (who finally admitted this to her mom) would put the leftover pieces on her plate back onto the serving platter, so she’d be “safe”.

2.  If you cry for a long time, eventually you’ll run of tears and blood will come out.

Not really sure if it was my mom or someone else’s mom who said this, but being as iyakin as I am, I really hope this isn’t true.

3.  If you have a cut and you keep crying, soon the food you ate will come out of your wound.

I would stare at my cuts and wait for the rice to come out.  Gross I know but hey, I was a kid!

4.  If you swallow the seed of a fruit, the tree will grow in your stomach.

For some reason, I would always accidentally swallow the seed of the santol when we were kids.  I was always afraid I’d wake up and a tree branch would grow out of my mouth.

5.  If you swallow gum, your stomach/intestines would get stuck together.

Picturing the wads of Texas, Bazooka Joe, Tarzan, Juicy Fruit and Orange Chiclet that somehow ended up in my stomach, and thinking hmmmm.

6.  When it starts raining while you’re swimming in the pool, you have to get out because you’ll get wet.

I could never understand why, but once it started raining, my cousins and I would always leave the pool, because “They told us to”.  It was only when I was in my 30’s that I learned it had something to do with lightning striking you. 

Am sure many of you can relate…

that’s all for now…bow.