Things Your Grandma Told You

[KillarneyRose]

When I was little, my grandma told me stories that influence me to this day. For example, I always keep my hair back in a ponytail when I am using the electric beater because some little girl once got her hair stuck in an electric beater and it scalped her.

I always jump off an escalator in plenty of time because of the little girl who got her toes amputated when she didn't get off of the escalator in time and they slid under the plate.

I try not to let my kids leave the house with their hair wet because some little girl once did that and, of course, she succombed to pneumonia shortly thereafter. BTW, I'm not sure WHO these little girls are; friends of friends maybe? Or maybe it's just one scalped little girl with no toes who caught pneumonia because her hairless head was exposed to the chilly air?

Oh, and I never, ever eat the white part between the rind and the pink part of the watermelon because it'll give me a bad case of the stuchies (the Polish version of The Runs).

Any words of wisdom from your Grandmas?