19 Lies All Parents Tell Their Kids

Again and again.

1. "I'll think about it."

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"When hell freezes over."

2. "I'll be there in just a minute."

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"Or twelve. Or when you next remember and come back and ask again."

3. "If you just tell me the truth, you won't get into trouble."

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"Except that of course you will."

4. "If you don't like what I made for dinner, you can go to bed hungry."

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"Until you crank up that whine to the point I can no longer stand to listen to it."

5. "I'll give you something to cry about."

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"You're making me feel like crying right now."

6. "I'm going to count to three."

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"And then I've got nothing."

7. "They don't sell replacement batteries for that toy."

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"This means you, Talking Furby."

8. "You can't have that now, but I'll put it on your birthday list."

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"Which, if you've been keeping count, has now hit a triple digit value."

9. "I'll treat you like an adult when you start behaving like one."

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"I will literally say ANYTHING to get you to stop that bat shit crazy behaviour."

10. "If you don't clean your room, I'm throwing all this stuff in the bin."

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"Because I have a gazillion dollars to replace all your books and clothes."

11. "I'm not going to ask you again."

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"I so am."

12. "I didn't bring any money with me."

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"I didn't bring any money for that pile of plastic crap / sugar filled donut."

13. "If you don't come with me now, I'm leaving you here."

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"I WANT to leave you here. Sadly it is not remotely legal to do so."

14. "There is no cake left, so no dessert sorry."

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"There will be no cake approximately 15 minutes after you go to bed."

15. "The ice cream man only plays that song when they're out of ice cream."

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"I can NOT believe you are still falling for this one."

16. "It's such a shame; the movies, arcade, and bowling alley are all closed after 6PM on weeknights."

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"And I don't want to go out."

17. “No, I don’t know where your art project went.”

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"Seriously, you bring 12 home a week."

18. “Your mum and I are going to bed too.”

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"For twelve minutes. Then as soon as we know you're asleep, we're breaking out the chocolate and movies."

19. “Barney isn’t on TV anymore.”

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"I would rather stick a red hot poker in my eye than ever watch that show again."