Things you used to think and now can't believe you did.

[grumpy*cat*rocks]

Some friends and I were having morning tea today and got to talking about our childhood and growing up and this topic came up.

One of our younger friends was talking about how when test tube babies first began being discussed on the news. She was aged about 5 or 6 at this time.

At the time she was a youngster and she believed that the babies grew inside these test tubes with the test tubes being replaced by bigger test tubes as the baby grew.

We all chuckled at that.

She was talking to her mother about it one day and asked if she could have a baby brother grown in a test tube so she could take him to school for news.

Her mother had to explain exactly what a test tube baby was.

[cq_tech]

How do you know for sure that the light goes out when you close the door? 😉

[grumpy*cat*rocks]

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@cq_tech wrote:
How do you know for sure that the light goes out when you close the door? 😉

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Good question.

Someone needs to set up a surveillance camera in their fridge to check.

[lloydslights]

......and prove that it is that little man that eats the secret stash of gourmet delights.

DEB

[durruticolumna]

You could ask the Indians.They might know:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX3pGyOCTuo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[janeababe]

.......when I was about 13yrs, I bought sea monkeys.  (false advertising at its best!!  Aahhhh  the 80's) 

[grumpy*cat*rocks]

I remember Sea Monkeys from my childhood. They used to be advertised on the back of comics. I really thought they were like little monkeys.
Then when I was a bit older a friends little sister had some so I went to look at them.
I discovered the ads were fibbing.
😞

[serendipityricho]

Remember the ads in the old magazines-one that lasted for years was.

---Guaranteed to cut your household bills in half------the parcel arrived containing

an elcheapo pair of plastic scissors .......lol...........................................Richo.

[grumpy*cat*rocks]

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@serendipityricho wrote:

Remember the ads in the old magazines-one that lasted for years was.

---Guaranteed to cut your household bills in half------the parcel arrived containing

an elcheapo pair of plastic scissors .......lol...........................................Richo.

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I remember one ad for weight loss. It was in my mothers weekly magazines, usually at the back.

It was some kind of bubble bath.

You'd have to pour it into a bath of water and immerse yourself in it and voila! The pounds would just melt away.

I wonder how many fell for that one. Mum was tempted to try it but my father said it was a con job.

[lloydslights]

And the man with rippling arm muscles promoting extend-a-chest.  My hero

Pix and Post and New Idea were some of the mags that had those ads.

DEB

[serendipityricho]

Remember that one Grumpycat and LLoyd--the skinny kid at first-dont kick sand in my

face before the transformation after using the chest expander. lol.

Another one was the failsafe contraception method--with instructions.

In the mail a small sponge rubber cutout would arrive....

the instructions --were-place between the knees and squeeze...............................................Richo.