# Pearls of wisdom passed on to you by your elders which were wrong, wrong, wrong!

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 7, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-of-wisdom-passed-on-to-you-by-your-elders-which-were-wrong-wrong-wrong/363562 "2006-07-07T22:18:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-of-wisdom-passed-on-to-you-by-your-elders-which-were-wrong-wrong-wrong/363562/141 "2006-07-13T20:27:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Anaamika]  
There’s no such thing as an accident. Everything is someone’s fault.  
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Pop, is that you?

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**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-of-wisdom-passed-on-to-you-by-your-elders-which-were-wrong-wrong-wrong/363562/142 "2006-07-13T20:33:17Z")

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[QUOTE=gigi]  
Is it true about the skin of a potato?  
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And of a banana? Wait a minute, mom was lying to me all those years, wasn’t she? All those damn banana peels I ate!

The skin of the potato contains what little fiber a potato has, at least. I’m so used to being taught that the peel is the most nutritious part of a potato or an apple that it’s sort of hard to comprehend that it might not be . . .

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**Author:** ![purpler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cab0a1/32.png) [@purpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purpler)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-of-wisdom-passed-on-to-you-by-your-elders-which-were-wrong-wrong-wrong/363562/143 "2006-07-13T21:31:19Z")

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[QUOTE=Mouse\_Maven]  
And ignorance. Sadly, there is no medication for that.  
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But that’s why i’m here at this message board. I find it to be excellent medication for my own ignorance. 🙂

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**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-of-wisdom-passed-on-to-you-by-your-elders-which-were-wrong-wrong-wrong/363562/144 "2006-07-13T22:05:12Z")

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[QUOTE=Maureen]

"Only sluts/whores:

…have pierced ears.  
…wear shoes more than two inches high.  
…wear red/black/any color but biege or white bras/panties.  
…paint their toenails. (that one I still don’t get)  
…ride around in fast cars."

She may have had something about the last one.  
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Actually, if you come across a girl with pierced ears and three-inch heels showing painted toenails, and she’s riding around in a fast car in red or black underwear, she’s probably kinda slutty. Maybe that’s what you mom meant.

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