Myths and misconceptions

For every baby born in Wales, an onion grows.

Oh all right, I made that up.

If you eat food a day over its sell by date you will die.

You will not.

Glad you brought this up. I have a yogurt with a use by date of 17th on it. Would you eat it today?

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with dairy i wouldnt risk it!!

im getting a'ot of myths about the baby, like it must be a girl as i concieved when i was 29 and a certain month, bumps carrying out front like a girl not a boy, ive had sweet cravings not savoury must be a girl. Il shoot them all in the foot and have a boy!!

Yep, I had one yesterday with the 17th. I survived! As long as it doesn't have mould or anything else living on it, it's all good.

I wouldn't, i'm really funny about use by dates, especially diary!

Id do it, have done before and i survived. The sell by date is just guidence not a set date. However if i was duffed up id be more careful.

Someone needs to tell my husband this. He's such a drama queen about out of date food.

I don't think there's any that I would say 'annoy' me, we can't all know everything. What does annoy me is when people do know but choose to ignore the truth for whatever reason. Or when you clearly know better than them for whatever reason but they won't believe you. Can't remember the exact example but my dad does this, he'll try and tell me something about my own university and won't believe that I know better because I actually went there!

Me too, that's why it annoys me so much! The way i see it, someone that was starving wouldn't turn their nose up, so neither will I. Possibly not if I was pregnant though

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A ducks quack doesn't echo.

The earth is 6000 years old.

Scientists are secretly splicing together rabbits and humans to make Bunnymen.

Horoscopes are valid.

Muscle is heavier than fat.

Am I right in thinking it's more dense though? So an unfit person weighing 20 stone will look a lot bigger and "fatter" than a 20 stone professional rugby player.

Yep. A specific volume of muscle will have a higher mass than the same volume of fat, because muscle is more dense than fat. That volume of muscle will therefore weigh more than the volume of fat, if weighed under the same gravity.

But to say one weighs more than the other is meaningless. It's like saying that lead weighs more than feathers. Well, not if you have a kilogram of feathers and a gram of lead.

So is my O/H- So bloody wasteful!! I will often trick him and we have not been poisened yet!

Dogs can't look up.

A lot of mental health ones annoy me: people with schizophrenia have multiple personalities, people with bipolar are moody etc.

I get annoyed that no one ever knows what occupational therapy is, we are terrible at promoting ourselves as a profession. People either think it's occupational health or psychological therapy. Or else we just get called 'nurse' or 'physio'.

That the war in Afghanistan is all about terrorism.

That the South of France is always sunny *sob*

Booo!

This is why I started this thread. My friends make fun of me because I go off on a rant any time someone says that about Schizophrenia. I'm thinking of making little cards to hand out with the definitions of Schizophrenia and Dissociative Identity Disorder. *sad icon* I am mostly joking...honest.

Soldiers are uneducated, straight from school, trigger happy racists. *sigh* Couldn't be further from the truth. For a start you can't get in without good grades and passing tests, and depending on which regiment you apply for you need a degree. One friend in the army used to be a biomedical scientist!

That video games are only for spotty teenage boys... sigh, the video games industry is bigger than movies in the UK! Also when I'm asked what I do 'I'm a video game artist' 'wow you must just play games all day!' .. yeah sure.. why not!

Yes, I would- most dairy is pasteurised and is safe to eat after the use by. We eat yogurt,sour cream,cheese & milk after the dates-as long as it doesn't smell funny or has green fur on it

Won't eat fresh meat after the date,but processed like ham/bacon etc will sniff it first and have it if it smells ok. We have eaten eggs 1 month after the date by doing the "see if they float" test- try not to waste anything in our house :-)

You have to be really careful with unpasteurised dairy like some french/stinky cheeses- I got food poisoning from some goats cheese once-the place I got it from hadn't kept it cold enough and t had listeria in it- I lost about 9 lbs in 4 days !!

Very common. Maybe because it annoys me I'm more aware of it but I constantly hear it. (IRL and on TV etc) If someone is acting out of character a common reaction seems to be to call them "schizo."

That gay people are obsessed with sex and will shag anything with a pulse- annoying.

FTLOMB - ah, the famous lead/feathers science homework question. My daughter had this for her science prep this week. Hoping it'll stick in her mind, but she is only nine. It was my first science homework question too, but I was 11. Never forgot it!

MissusS - I'm wondering if it was 'more likely' than not in the past? No idea what the criteria is now to join up but I'm presuming a lot less 25 years ago. Just a pondering as my H is ex Army.

Cutting your hair does not make it grow faster.

Washing C's hair in Camomile will not keep it blonde.

You haven't met OH's work chum... ?

More myths I dislike: Homeopathy works. Copper bracelets work. Acupuncture works. Crystals possess weird energies. Mediums can connect with dead people.

You're right,whoever says that has obviously never been to Pontins. The sentence should read " Holiday camps are like prisons " ?

1) That apostrophes belong in any word ending in an S - eg photos, 90s, etcs More and more people seem to do it - something has to belong damn it! No need!

2) That lawyers earn shed loads of money (unless you work in a top city firm, which sadly is not me)

3) That it makes a difference if you have a burger at 1pm rather than 8pm.

You obviously feel strongly about this issue. Have you studied prisons or know someone with first hand experience. (I ask out of interest).

I always thought this was an actual fact until we got one of my dogs. She's amazing at following a toy up high and getting right underneath it to catch it. Unfortunately, she's not so great at the actual catching part and usually ends up getting bopped on the head. My other dog is totally useless and just runs around like a numpty until it hits the floor.