Remembering things we were taugh when we were younger
By Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
Melbourne, Florida
August 23, 2017 11:46pm CST
I remember growing up and hearing so many "crazy" statements from my parents or teachers.
For example:
I had to wait at least 30 minutes to go in the water after eating. Why?
We had to have 8 hours of sleep every night, Was that a law?
The clothes had to come off the clothes line before dinner.
I had to have the living room all dusted and vacuumed before going to the football games with my friends.
There were so many funny ones and I could not understand them all. Did you ever hear any funny ones?
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
24 Aug 17
I heard the first two you wrote. I still go by them
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Aug 17
Don't cross your eyes, or they'll get stuck that way. Why was this even a concern?
Make your bed when you get up every morning. Why, you're just going to mess it up again that night when you go to sleep! haha
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Aug 17
@ramapo17 I had heard the one about not swallowing our chewing gum, but not that it would cause our ribs to stick together. I always heard that our stomachs couldn't digest the gum, and so it would stay in our stomachs for many years.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
30 Aug 17
@moffittjc Don't you wonder where these people got all the crazy sayings? I hope I don't get like that.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
24 Aug 17
It's a good rule to sleep 8 hours per night, this is something every doctor will confirm. Waiting 30 minutes to go in the water is fully wrong, or you go immediately or you wait until you have digested the food that is in your stomach, that means at least a couple of hours.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
25 Aug 17
I know what the doctors recommend for sleep but I lived the last years of my career getting possibly 6 hours a night. I worked from 4am to 1pm and I lived an hour away from work. In the summer it was impossible to fall asleep when it was so light out and people in the neighborhood were outside. I never took a nap when I got home either.
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@just4him (306196)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Aug 17
For me it was an hour after eating. I think that was to avoid cramps. I think your mother wanted to be sure the dusting was done before you went to the football games. I'm guessing the clothes had to come off the line before dinner to avoid the dew of night.
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