Ridiculous/laughable things I've heard.

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TattooedNici
TattooedNici Posts: 2,141 Member
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Here are a few things in my lifetime I've heard and wondered why people actually believed this:

Apparently, if you put Purell hand sanitizer in your eyes, it'll cure pinkeye.
Babies (especially, newborns) cry a lot because they're experiencing growing pains while growing.
Your nerve endings are located behind your eyebrows and they cause you to sneeze each time you pluck your eyebrows because they're connected to your sinuses.
Mustard comes from crawfish (hence, the yellow stuff you see when you peel them).

There's more, but I'll end it here for now. Now, it's your turn to share!
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  • AZ_Gato
    AZ_Gato Posts: 1,270 Member
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    I have a ton of those from some interns I have. But just yesterday at grocery store I overheard the manager talking to one of his supervisors recasting one of the employees calling in because her phone was dead.
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
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    Humans are full of toxins that must be flushed to survive.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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    Eating after 7p makes you fat.
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
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    Eating toilet paper and sponges = diet.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
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    Just read MFP forums today, you'll have a lifetime worth of material.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
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    You can lengthen your muscles!
  • Shnookington
    Shnookington Posts: 16
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    When I was young my mother told me that spilled toothpaste attracted cockroaches. So I would sneak out and squirt toothpaste onto the counter top to feed them.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
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    That a calorie is not a calorie! :laugh:
  • sugaspice999
    sugaspice999 Posts: 164
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    Eat low fat everything and you'll lose the fat and see those abs. Crunches don't give you the 6-pack.

    6 meals a day for a ridiculous metabolism.

    Of course, all the stuff about raspberry ketones and the acai berry diet.

    AGAVE NECTAR hype -_-
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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    That crunches will give you a 6-pack.
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
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    That crunches will give you a 6-pack.

    I thought. You said. *high five*
  • dianeb613
    dianeb613 Posts: 121 Member
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    Muscle weighs more than fat.....LOL


    It just takes up less space but a ton of steel and a ton of feathers weighs the same, a TON.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,741 Member
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    Don't eat anything after 3 pm, and then even if you eat a crazy amount of food between waking up and 3 pm you will lose LOTS of weight.

    There's no reason for people to get married if they don't plan to have children together.

    It's ok to have kids when you are on drugs, under eighteen, and/or in severe poverty because "Jesus will find a way to raise your baby right"
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,326 Member
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    - you can lose weight as long as you skip breakfast and dont worry about the rest of the day.
    - anything you eat after 7 turns to additional fat

    You can lengthen your muscles!
    my gym has a new barre class and they have it written on the poster that barre elongates your muscles :mad:
  • broox80
    broox80 Posts: 1,195 Member
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    My mom always told me growing up that I would only be able to eat one meal a day in order to keep the weight off since I am so short. I hate my mom!!!
  • Blessed9jaBeauty
    Blessed9jaBeauty Posts: 504 Member
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    "Only Celebrities can REALLY look good after having children. Regular people a rarely that fortunate" :huh: Well then you can call me a celeb, cuz after I bare children I plan on being FIT AND FABULOUS :wink:
  • fannyfrost
    fannyfrost Posts: 756 Member
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    My favorites:

    Your uterus will fall out if you run a marathon
    women can't lift heavy weights
    Women shouldn't exercise when pregnant, especially lifting
    If you lift weights as a woman you will bulk up
    Cardio is the only way to burn calories
    Eliminate carbs and you will lose weight

    Oh there are so many more, but these are some of my favorites.
  • ekz13
    ekz13 Posts: 725 Member
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    -Don't swallow your gum cause it'll get stuck in your stomach (won't digest) and you will clog up your intestines.
  • sunnshhiine
    sunnshhiine Posts: 727 Member
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    -Don't swallow your gum cause it'll get stuck in your stomach (won't digest) and you will clog up your intestines.

    wait... this isn't true?!!?

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  • annagraceholt
    annagraceholt Posts: 1 Member
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    The worst is 'cut out carbs and you'll lose weight'. Such a load of crap. You may drop loads of weight to begin with but carbs will sure as hell find you again. If you're working out regularly you NEED carbs; you just have to make sure that you're eating a balanced diet and that you're eating good carbs!!!!

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