Myth-Busting Your Mother - 16 Reasons Mom Was Wrong

The Funny Site of the Day -- I've written about universal momisms, those iconic things dear mothers say to drive us precious kiddies crazy. I never had scientific proof my mommy was hosing me -- until now.

An insightful and comical article on view at Mothers Day Central tears the big lies apart, including:

"Stop cracking your knuckles ... it will give you arthritis!"

"If you swallow a watermelon seed, it will grow inside your stomach!"

"If you keep making that face, it might freeze and stay that way forever!"

"You're going to poke someone's eye out with that!"

"Make sure to clean behind your ears -- if not, potatoes will start growing there!" See, I knew that one was preposterous. I harvested a few beans and a small persimmon, but that was it for me. And I used peat moss.

Also addressed is "If you keep playing with it, it will fall--"

Well, never mind, Mom wouldn't like me discussing this one and I am not allowed to read about it either.

Poo.

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_{Photo: Mother made a monkey out of you with that watermelon seed thing. Image by Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images.}