Listomania
Tamara Dabbas

8 Silly White Lies We Believed As Kids

One of the many clever ways our Jordanian parents chose to discipline us was to sprinkle in several white lies to keep us in check. Here are eight of the most ridiculous white lies we believes as kids:

1.” Drinking coffee will give you a mustache”

For extended periods of time in our childhood, our sly mothers had us believing that drinking coffee will give you a mustache!

2. “A little birdie told me”

Which of you have been exposed to the birdie in your childhood? The birdie always played a big role in our upbringing, with most of us behaving solely out of fear that the birdie will snitch to our parents.

3. “We found you on the doorstep of a mosque”

This is something you’ll never hear from a parent, but you’ve almost certainly heard from a sibling! Amid the tears and screams, you’ll be thinking up scenarios of who your biological parents are and what they’re doing right this moment.


4. “I’ll call the cops on you”

Ah, the police. Our parent’s most useful fear tactic to get us to stop monkeying around.

5. “The devil licked it”

If you throw food on the floor, the devil will lick it and you won’t be able to eat it. Fear by way of lucifer.

6. “You won’t grow if you don’t finish your plate”

If you don’t finish your meal, you won’t grow. Now our parents wish we’d diet a bit more.

7. “Don’t leave your shoes upside down”

Haraaaaaam to leave a shoe flipped upside down!

8. Kidnappings galore

There’s always a thief, a kidnapper on a bus, or a chance you may disappear and never see your parents again if you stray in the mall.