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Post by Patrick on Jun 30, 2009 22:11:01 GMT
I distinctly remember someone telling me that if you ate cucumber and washed it down with milk, you'd poison yourself.  Any other 'myths' like that, you have been told over the years? Of course, I've never tried it. |
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Post by trubble on Jun 30, 2009 22:15:28 GMT
I was told Brussel Sprouts were delicious. That's an urban myth for sure. I've washed cucumber down with milk, Patrick - and I'm fine!  One of my favourite sandwiches is peanut-butter & cucumber and a glass of cold milk goes down perfectly with it. |
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Post by NickCosmoSonde on Jul 1, 2009 9:46:53 GMT
You're a marvel, Trub.  |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jul 1, 2009 10:26:53 GMT
"Cheese give you nightmares"
Patently a load of bollocks. Nowt wrong with a nice cheese and onion sandwich for super.
AH
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Post by motorist on Jul 1, 2009 11:23:56 GMT
"Cheese give you nightmares"Patently a load of bollocks. Nowt wrong with a nice cheese and onion sandwich for super. AH Not entirely. I don't have nightmares, nightmares have ME. If I feel like slaughtering monsters or whatever else, I nom some cheese before snoozing. (my fave one was the one where I tricked this giant into drinking nitro glycerine then blew his head open  ) |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jul 1, 2009 11:30:13 GMT
I tend to have nightmares when I'm poorly...horrible, twisted, disturbing dreams that sometimes defy description...very bizarre and unsettling they are. Haven't had any good zombie dreams lately though (which are classed as "adventure/cool dreams", not nightmares)...I need to watch a few of my Romero DVD's, get the genre firmly planted in my subconscious again. I suppose that cheese could induce nightmares if it was dipped in mescaline or LSD though...  AH |
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Post by everso on Jul 1, 2009 22:48:01 GMT
I remember being told that if you swallowed chewing gum or bubble gum it would wind itself around your heart and kill you. Jeez, the things you believe as a kid. Tsk!
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Post by housesparrow on Jul 2, 2009 7:41:50 GMT
Carrots make your hair curl. Bad for me, as I have soft wavy hair that was the bane of my life when I ws a child, as it stuck out just at the point where my mother cut it, below the ears. With my rather large front teeth and this silly hair I looked uncomfortably like bugs bunny. Fortunately, I recognised it as nonsense, and ate my carrots which must be why my eyesight is so good. |
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Post by Patrick on Jul 2, 2009 8:48:46 GMT
Housey! You're back in one piece! Do tell us how you braved searing heat, fierce animals and demon Bed and Breakfast Landladies on your hols!!  |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jul 2, 2009 15:40:03 GMT
I remember being told that if you swallowed chewing gum or bubble gum it would wind itself around your heart and kill you. Jeez, the things you believe as a kid. Tsk! I was told that as well! Damn adults, anything to scare the shit out of a kid and ruin their enjoyment.  AH |
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Post by housesparrow on Jul 2, 2009 16:29:27 GMT
Housey! You're back in one piece! Do tell us how you braved searing heat, fierce animals and demon Bed and Breakfast Landladies on your hols!! Ha! While you lot were sweltering, we were walking through soggy fields in thunderstorms. My waterproof footwear turned out not to be, and my poor feet got blisters. As for landladies - well, that might be the subject of another thread. |
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Post by aubrey on Jul 3, 2009 9:32:36 GMT
Sprouts are great! That's my treat at Xmas, sprout sandwiches.
I think the bad thing is giving bitter things like sprouts and broad beans etc to kids, because they mostly won't like them until they're older (or have grown out of wanting everything sweet).
Now I've forgotten the myth I was told. Damn.
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Post by trubble on Jul 3, 2009 9:46:20 GMT
You're a marvel, Trub. I'm one better than Aubrey anyway. Sprout sandwiches indeed.  |
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Post by trubble on Jul 3, 2009 9:46:58 GMT
Housey! You're back in one piece! Do tell us how you braved searing heat, fierce animals and demon Bed and Breakfast Landladies on your hols!! Ha! While you lot were sweltering, we were walking through soggy fields in thunderstorms. My waterproof footwear turned out not to be, and my poor feet got blisters. As for landladies - well, that might be the subject of another thread. Welcome back, Housey! |
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Post by aubrey on Jul 7, 2009 19:41:20 GMT
Pizza sandwiches are good as well.
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Post by everso on Jul 15, 2009 14:05:39 GMT
Another one I remember is my mum telling me that if I put too much vinegar on my chips it would dry up my blood.  |
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Post by swl on Jul 15, 2009 18:39:08 GMT
 The Govt are the worst at creating myths. There's no such thing as junk food. It's all food. Every country in the world has a dish involving minced beef, so how come hamburgers are deemed bad? And salt. They tell us that too much salt causes heart disease and high blood pressure. No it doesn't. Scientific studies have repeatedly shown there is no link in healthy adults. The govt tell us our daily intake should be no more than 6g, but patients being fed intravenously in hospital are given 9g a day!
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Post by everso on Jul 15, 2009 18:54:49 GMT
The Govt are the worst at creating myths. There's no such thing as junk food. It's all food. Every country in the world has a dish involving minced beef, so how come hamburgers are deemed bad? And salt. They tell us that too much salt causes heart disease and high blood pressure. No it doesn't. Scientific studies have repeatedly shown there is no link in healthy adults. The govt tell us our daily intake should be no more than 6g, but patients being fed intravenously in hospital are given 9g a day! [/color] Thanks for that, swl.
I had two soft boiled eggs with a great mound of salt for my breakfast this morning. You just can't eat soft boiled eggs without salt, can you? I also had three slices of granary toast with lashings of butter and the last slice of toast had about an inch of marmalade on it.
I've been worried all day about the salt.
No, actually I haven't, but it's still nice to know that I'm not going to drop dead from salt poisoning or something. |
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Post by swl on Jul 15, 2009 19:30:45 GMT
As long as your kidneys are normal, high salt intake is ok.
What happens when you take too much salt is your body retains more water, particularly in the blood. Our veins are elastic and swell to take the extra volume. Older people have inelastic veins and so blood pressure can go up. But this is temporary, for an hour or so until the body flushes the excess through the kidneys.
What the health freaks don't say is there are as many people with low blood pressure as high.
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Post by everso on Jul 16, 2009 11:14:29 GMT
As long as your kidneys are normal, high salt intake is ok. What happens when you take too much salt is your body retains more water, particularly in the blood. Our veins are elastic and swell to take the extra volume. Older people have inelastic veins and so blood pressure can go up. But this is temporary, for an hour or so until the body flushes the excess through the kidneys. What the health freaks don't say is there are as many people with low blood pressure as high. My blood pressure is fairly low for my age. Yesterday I took it and it was 115/60. My kidneys are in great order. I could pee for England. |
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