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I told my kids that cooling towers are cloud factories. The idiots fell for it.
— Dave Lee (@davelee1968) April 22, 2017
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German colleague liked Rotundorangundgrunstopgehenlampen (traffic lights). He said that a German would understand what you meant.
— Nel Norris (@NelNorris) April 22, 2017
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We convinced a visiting American student that you need a visa to get into Wales; when we drove there for a rugby match, we hid him in the boot
— Bear Bad Man (@Bear_Bad_Man_) August 5, 2018
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convinced a friend that my real name was Joe Kerr and my bro’s was Wayne Kerr, but we were allowed to use aliases at school to stop bullying
— Alex Jamieson (@Alex_Jamieson) April 22, 2017
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Dad’s pal got contact lenses. When someone commented that he was driving without his glasses, he claimed he’d got a prescription windscreen
— Rick Rowling (@rickrowling) April 22, 2017
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Convinced my daughter that on being introduced to a French girl for the first time, you should say, “Salute salope”. So she did.
— Mr Farty (@MrFarty) April 22, 2017
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Convinced our kids colours were not invented until 1939 and showed them black & white films to prove it including The Wizard of Oz to show the moment colour became real.
— ★ Unklerupert (@unklerupert) August 5, 2018
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My dad convinced us that he worked at London Zoo as a giraffe (used a broom for the neck) & left when they made him a sealion & he had to swallow whole fish.
My mum told us she drove an ambulance in WW2 picking up injured soldiers. Took us a while to realise she was 4yrs old.
— Liz (@ejp72) February 10, 2020
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I convinced someone that a local anaesthetic was one that was administered where you lived.
— Dave Milnes (@PhotoDM) February 10, 2020
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When I was at uni in America, a Swedish guy convinced everyone they carry rifles in Stockholm cos of polar bear attacks in the underground 😆
— Kaz (@kazzani) April 22, 2017