Achi news desk-
Pak Segal. Updated April 19, 2024
Around the world, school children are taught very similar things – reading, writing, arithmetic, how to identify a bull lake, etc.
However, not everything we learn comes from the curriculum. This question from VeryBritishProblems Contains a perfect example.
What are all British children taught?
I will go first:
Swans can and will break your arm.
— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) April 18, 2024
At the risk of going full QI, it’s not true that a swan can break your arm – with its wing or otherwise. They’re all cool and no swan pants, but we still wouldn’t recommend you piss them off unless you’re asking for a good peck.
Twitter/X users had plenty of examples. Can you relate to any of these?
1.
“If you swallow your gum it will stick to your heart”…
— DB (@dbdegn) April 18, 2024
2.
If you wear your coat indoors, you won’t feel the benefit when you go out
— Paul Woodhead (@PaulWoodhead100) April 18, 2024
3.
“Don’t go out with wet hair, you’ll catch your death”
— DB (@dbdegn) April 18, 2024
4.
Never start a sentence with ‘and’ or ‘but’.
— Peter Gwillam (@johnhobbit50) April 18, 2024
5.
Never run with scissors. And always pass them on to someone who cares first. This is knives.
– New Forest Dog and Her Indoors (@NewForestDog) April 18, 2024
6.
She is the cat’s mother.
– Dawn (@justanotherdawn) April 18, 2024
7.
Watching TV for too long will give you square eyes.
– GuruAnaerobic (@GuruAnaerobic) April 18, 2024
8.
Avoid walking on these like your life depends on it. pic.twitter.com/VsN4PSveSO
— Omar C. (@OmarC_77) April 18, 2024
9.
You can’t eat pudding unless you eat your meat.
— Escape the Grind (@TheGrindEscape) April 18, 2024
10.
Always wear clean underwear in case you get run over.
— Carol Percy (@DrCarolPercy) April 18, 2024
11.
Put a wet paper towel on it, it will be fine in 10 minutes. (Said to a child whose leg is hanging, by a teacher in an elementary school.)
— Bazza ️️⚧️ (@bazz_87) April 18, 2024
