BUT MOM...why would any of my friends jump off a bridge?

Would your friends jump off a bridge?

  • No, my friends are not that stupid.

    Votes: 17 54.8%

  • Yes, my friends ARE that stupid.

    Votes: 14 45.2%
  • Total voters
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Saltare.

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    I don't know if this is just my parents that say this.

    Have you ever asked your mom/dad to do something your friends are doing? And they replied "If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump?"

    Have you ever wondered WHY would your friends jump off a bridge? Or something along the lines of that.
     
    YOU GOT THIS OFF FACEBOOK! D:

    My mom said that once, and I asked if her friends would jump off a bridge, would she do the same? She walked away. :)
     
    Yap, my mom used to say that a lot. I'd always respond, "it depends on how high the bridge is off the ground."

    And I don't think about my friends literally jumping off bridges, so no, I don't wonder why they would.
     
    Yeah my dad used to say it here and there.

    No I never put much thought into that.
     
    My dad used to say that, and I'd say something like "No, but you're totally offtopic now." (that always annoys the hell out of adults who love using that saying as a justification for saying no, for whatever other reason)

    Parents hate being out-logic-ed. So yeah, try it sometimes, it's hilarious....(but sometimes dangerous, so don't get yourself beaten silly)
     
    My older sister says that, and here's my comebacks:

    Why would he do that?

    Depends. Is there money involved?

    I'm not that stupid to do that!

    ...What?

    Oh please, don't go off topic again...

    That makes no sense whatsoever.

    I hate it when people say that...It makes no frickin' sense.
     
    Funnily enough we've been jumping off the bridge at the dam recently xD

    But yeah, I'd just say no and go do whatever it is we were arguign about.
     
    For those who may or may not get it, it's a metaphor for peer pressure.

    My parents don't use metaphors, because when they do, I call them on it. >:3
    I think the first time I got them on the bridge thing was at age 9.
     
    I didn't have friends when I was a little, but my maid told me that once or twice, about my brother.
     
    Paint me Pretty said:
    My dad used to say that, and I'd say something like "No, but you're totally offtopic now." (that always annoys the hell out of adults who love using that saying as a justification for saying no, for whatever other reason)

    Parents hate being out-logic-ed. So yeah, try it sometimes, it's hilarious....(but sometimes dangerous, so don't get yourself beaten silly)
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    lol same here, but then they might get mad and say your acting like a smart ass.
     
    "I've done it before. Yet I live to tell the tale."

    Which is true, actually. I also happened to be the first among my friends to jump off a bridge.

    Well, my parents are all about making me follow my friends. There is something I can't do very well: fit in.
     
    My parents have never pulled that line on me because they realize how stupid it is, too, but also because they let me do a lot of stuff lol.

    However, teachers have used that line on me, and I've always thought "They obviously wouldnt..." or, yes, "why would they even do that?"

    I hate that metaphor.
     
    No, my friends wouldn't jump off a bridge. They're pretty normal people, to be honest.

    And this is my reply to 'Would you jump off a bridge if your friends did it?'

    "Yep. But I'd find a bridge that isn't very high of the ground'

    See, they saying doesnt say it has to be the same bridge 8D
     
    When my parents asked me that, I would always ask back, "The 480 Bridge or the one in the back yard?" That usually got them to shut up. And when I say 480 Bridge, I mean the Valley View Bridge on I-480 in Valley View, Ohio.
     
    No, they've never said that to me. But, something that basically says "would you do something stupid just because your friends did?" isn't all that outlandish.
     
    Growing up, my mom was very fond of analogies that dealt with bridges, so of course the bridge-jumping/peer pressure one came up on occasion. XD

    ...But my personal favorite was when she was motivating me to study hard and be ambitious in life, she would always tell me, "You can choose to be the guy that designs the bridge, the guy that builds the bridge, the guy who sweeps the bridge or the guy that sleeps under the bridge."
     
    This is probably very wrong, but when my friend was a kid, and he was asked "If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you?", the first thing he responded was "Will I have the fat people to cushion my fall?"

    Also, I doubt my friends would jump off a bridge (unless they had the people of the world to cushion their fall)
     
    Even though I know they would never do that, ragging on your friends is what friends are supposed to do so I'm going to say "Of COURSE they would do that!"

    No one's ever asked me that before. When I say "But all my friends have that" or "All my friends do that" people usually just realize that I want to fit in just a little more than I normally do and usually just go with it. But I will certainly ask "Why would they want to jump off a bridge?" just to be a smartass the next time someone asks me that, regardless of who it is.
     
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