Me and a load of mates convinced my sister and all her mates that Lisa Stansfield (she of "Been around the World" fame) used to be a bloke called Stan Lisafield who was a coal miner from Yorkshire before becoming a singer ... she managed to convince her whole year at junior school it became Gospel ...

Robert

I used to have to hang around with a kid called david who was much younger than me because his mum was friends with my mum but I didn't want to hang around with him so I used to make up stories so that he wouldn't come out with me and my mates. I once told him that the Chicago Bears were training up at the park and if they saw him then William "the fridge" Perry would jump on him and squash him. Another time I told him they had built a spaghetti junction in our village up South Row and it was too dangerous for him to come and play with me. I feel a bit guilty now but at the time I thought it was well funny. (And he believed me).

Malc

My parents are friends with another family from work, and this family has two kids, both of which are younger than me. One day, when they came over with their sons to visit, I got bored and told them that the antennae on the roof was actually an alien spaceship, and that if they got too close to the fireplace, an alien would come down, grab them, and eat them. They believed it entirely, and I thought it was pretty funny until they started throwing basketballs at the "spaceship"!

BG

i used to believe that if u lied ur tongue would fall out

Mari

i used to tell my little sister that she really didnt belong in my family and that her real family will come get her soon and it would make her cry alot but then she told and i got in trouble :/

chelsea

That kids weren't allowed in Hawaii - my dad told me this when I was younger and wanted to go

Stephanie

my dad used 2 tell me dat he bought me for a discount price of 100 bucks....nd i was mad at him till i was 11 fer buyin sch a cheap kid

cajena

My mom told me that if you get eyeliner in your eye, you go blind.

Anon

when i was in 3rd or 4th grade my friend told me that her father was howie dorough and that she made up the song you drive me crazy by britney spears and that britney spears had actually stolen it from her...i believed her for a week.

STUPID STUPID ME

I once told my friend I was allergic to sand. I have no idea what brought this on, but I milked it for about a year, when she found out I spent my summers in Ocean City, NJ.

Megh

this actually happened about a month ago, and my friend and i are both 15. my weird friend was arguing with little kids because they didnt want people to hurt animals, but they still ate meat. my friend, is obesessed with bears. we call her bear. she also is obsessed with eggo waffles, so i told her that eggos had bits of real bears in them. she was like, "no they dont..." but after five minutes of a really serious face she bought it. it was great. she believed it for about 2 hours before someone told her she was a total idiot. she doesnt take sarcasm well either.

Anchorman Misquoter

I thought Fidel Castro had died.... Turns out he was just really sick. I was like 17 at the time too :P

Anon

when i was little after every holloween i would be missing candy. so i asked my mom and she said that if i behave a little person would put candy behind the doors for me to find. the scary thing is that i actually did find candy..

cindylor

When I was just past being Little I used to believe That other people could hear your thoughts if they were listening when you were thinking nasty thoughts about them..I had major paranoid guilt issues all through my adolescence because of that

anon

When I was little my older brother used to tell me that I was mintally retarted and I believed him for the longest time...and then one day I asked my mom if I was and she told me that I wasn't and my brother got in trouble for making me believe it!!!

Brandy

When I was younger my brother told me that if i went up to the tv screen and looked down i would be able to see the bottom half of the actors' bodies.

chris

when my sister was 6 I told her there was a toy land on my ceiling and i would go in there when it is night. She believed me until she was 8

walrus

My parents used to tell me they were my 'fake' parents and that my real ones were in jail for life.

Matt

not actually my beliefs, but things i have convinced friends of mine. the capital of england had moved to manchester, so the northener's could have a day out; the pope is a jew; that my sister has a moustache and that spock and uhuru got together in star trek 1 and had a baby called wharf.

speedymarks

When I was little, I used to believe my brother. Big mistake. One time, he was chasing me around the house, trying to catch me so I could receive my daily beating. I was able to out run him and got to my bedroom just in time to close and lock the door. He was pounding on the door and yelling. Then, finally he got quiet and calmly said, "If you open the door now, I won't beat you up as bad as if you open it later." I opened it and received the beating of a lifetime.

Anna