Top ten fibs

[IrishArmenian]

and that if she sticks her tongue out, a Magpie will swoop out of the sky and peck it off.....
Any others?

Filthy Gordies...
Funny lies, though.

[Marshal Murat]

A thought the vitamins in carrots were able to improve night vision.
In Vietnam, during the American war there, the Vietnamese would be easy to ambush, 'cause they couldn't see well in the dark.

[InsaneApache]

A thought the vitamins in carrots were able to improve night vision.

Just to go off topic a bit. This was propaganda put out by the RAF in WWII to disguise the fact that the reason the German raiders were consistently intercepted was because of RDF. They must have had gut ache from laughing at all the Luftwaffe pilots turning orange with all that carotin in their system.

[KukriKhan]

Well, that's added to my list of "Things I Never Knew Before".

...But this story was a myth invented by the RAF to hide their use of radar, which was what really located the Luftwaffe bombers at night - not human carrot-assisted super-vision...

From here.

[InsaneApache]

Well my grandad was too old to re-enlist at the outbreak of WWII, (he had been in the Indian Army), so he joined the RAF who weren't as fussy. I think he was about 38 when the 'balloon went up'.

It was a tale he told me when I was a nipper. Nice to see it's true though, unlike a lot of the stuff he said.

I once asked him what a particular item was on his mantlepiece....it looked like an animal..with four legs but two tails, both standing upwards...

"Whats that grandad?"

"It's a rary"

"A rary?"

"Yes"

"Where's it come from?"

"It comes from tipper"

"Where's tipper grandad?"

*a smirk spreads across his face*

"It's a long way to Tipperary"

*me blank*

I loved that man.

[KukriKhan]

"It's a long way to Tipperary"

*me blank*

5-6 years later, when you heard the song on TV or in the movies, I'd have paid money to see the look of realization spread on your face. ROFL.

Yep, we gramppies go for the long joke, too. :)

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

I think the carrots thing comes from the fact that they contain beta-carotene, which is converted into vitamin A, which is necessary for vision. Any beyond the required amount won't improve it, though.