Fibs my grandpa told me

[LochnarITB]

My grandpa was adored by a great number of people. Almost every time I was around him, there were friends and family as well so I couldn't always have the time with him I would have liked. Some of my best times, as a kid, were those summer weeks that I got to stay at the grandparents house having their attention all to myself. We would do and talk about a lot of things. He would tell me stories that I had to believe were true and he would tell me fibs that ranged from "nah, I don't believe it" to "wow, really?". Last night, as I was eating some donut holes, I remembered a fib he often told.

Long before people actually cut, fried and ate donut holes, the hole was truly that, the empty spot in the middle of the donut. Grandma often made donuts that are still the best I have ever tasted. While eating a fresh warm one, with the smell of the fryer still in the house, Grandpa would warn me not to get too close to the hole because eating the hole in the middle could make me sick. That was, of course, a "nah, I don't believe it".

Then, there were the times when we would get in the car to head into town for something or other. It was a small, one stoplight town. We would be sitting at the light and he would tell me he could change the light to green when he wanted to. Sure enough, he would flash his lights and the stoplight would change. That was a "wow, really?". It took a while for this gullible kid to figure out he was watching the other lights to time his action.:blush:

What were some of the fun fibs that your Grandpa (or crazy aunt Sue or drunk neighbor Billy or other adored childhood figure) told you that you remember to this day?