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When you were a kid, did you believe that MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" was a warning to children not to play with hammers? Did you think that babies came out of your butt? Maybe you thought that the moon was made of ice and could only come out at night so that the sun wouldn't melt it? If you answered yes to any of these then this list is for you. Compiled by Bored Panda, this hilarious collection of weird and wonderful things that people believed when they were kids is sure to make you laugh. Believe us!
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#1
My dad was a manager at a local business and he would come home every few months talking about how he had to fire someone. In my four year old mind I pictured him taking bad employees to a small concrete structure in a remote location, putting them inside, and lighting them on fire. Had no idea it was just telling someone they can't work there anymore. And somehow I was okay with my father being a serial killer, because Dad can do no wrong.
Amanda Panda 8 years ago
I thought something very similar when I watched the Jetson's and the boss always threatened to fire Mr. Jetson. I think as kids we think of things more literally when we hear such things.
AcousticGString 8 years ago
Omg I remember that cartoon! I haven't thought about that in ages!!! The boss's name was Cosmo Spacely! Mr. Jetson's first name was George :)
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John L Kelly 8 years ago
Yeah, its always a steep learning curve for such young minds, isn't it?
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Ana Julia Fortunato 8 years ago
OMG c; My mother tongue is spanish so that never happened to me .But when I was 10 and I watched Bedtime Stories' spanish dub, I coudn't undertand why Adam Sandler thought that he was going to be burned if he was fired in the end (Because in spanish those two meanings have two very different word)
Laily F. Noor 8 years ago
Yes me too - when I was learning english by watching some movies. I thought someone would die
Master Markus 8 years ago
It's always weird to think of how totally fine with horrible things many people were as children. That's probably what makes stuff like the story of Noah's Ark seem understandable.
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#2
As a kid I thought when a woman was getting chased by a bad guy on TV, I would think why won't the cameraman help her.
#3
“I thought that ‘your penis would grow’ meant I’d grow more penises [as I got older]. You have no idea what the drawings of my grandpa looked like.”
#4
That I was special and that someday I'd meet a girl who'd love me for me. Thanks a lot mom.
Skunk Drunk 8 years ago
Freud once said that subconsciously every man wanted to "marry his mother"...not incestously, just someone who reminded them of their mother's traits. The more you know...
Daria B 8 years ago
I heard the same applies for women. But I think that 1. It depends on your familu situation; 2. If that's true, it must be related to how we seek things and people we're somehow familiar with.
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#5
That I was married to a family friend. I remember getting dressed up when I was about 3 and walking down the aisle with this girl. When I was 9 I learned that it was my cousin's wedding and that I was the ring bearer and she was the flower girl.
#6
That white people pooped white. I'm an African American, so maybe you can understand the confusion.
L.t. Crawford 8 years ago
Growing up in the Rural Country South , I did not see an African American Person Until I Got In The Fourth Grade In Elementary School , Being Raised By My GrandParents , Without Having No Television , I Thought That The African American Person , Was A White Person , Whom Got Caught In A Bad Fire , And Got Burned Really Bad , That Their Skin Turned Dark ...
Notchimine Mette 8 years ago
An American once told me that if I married an American I would also be African American...
#7
“I thought you were pregnant the moment you had your period and the boy closest to you was the father. When I first got my period I was 9 and it was during Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I screamed all the way home because I thought Quasimodo made me pregnant and I was going to have an ugly baby.”
Amanda Panda 8 years ago
I can't imagine hitting puberty that young. I wouldn't have been prepared. I was almost 15.
Hans 8 years ago
I find it disturbing that a nine year old girl did not have at least a basic sexual education. More to follow at 10, or 11, but at least some basic ideas...
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Notchimine Mette 8 years ago
Blame it on growth hormones in food. 13/14 used to be average age, now it's 8/9. Poor kids.
#8
When I was a kid I used to think our cat was called 'In or out'
AnimalLover1117 8 years ago
My little sister used to think our dog was called 'Down' as he jumped like crazy as a puppy!
Skunk Drunk 8 years ago
I used to think (very young) that cats were female and dogs were male. I know this has probably been mentioned in a different post, but I relate to it...
Skunk Drunk 8 years ago
As I thought that's actually mentioned later down the list...
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Right around the time i began to hit puberty i got a pug. A few weeks after we got him, blonde hair began coming in all over my body. For awhile after that i was unbellieveably scared that i was slowly morphing into a pug. This also affected my relationship with the dog because as much as i loved him, i kept thinking to myself i dont know if i can turn into a pug for him. then we learned about puberty in health class and i realized that i wasnt turning into a dog.
Arty 8 years ago
I can't believe some children reaching puberty still have this kind of thought oO
Katinka Min 8 years ago
Great job, parents! Leave your child terrified and unprepared because you are lazy and scared of unpleasant topics.
Claudia Garcia 8 years ago
"Oh my God I love you so much but I don't think I can turn into a pug for you..."
John L Kelly 8 years ago
At least you didn't have to worry about shedding hair like a pug. My daughter in law once had a pug, and she swore it shed at least a pound of hair every day. lol
#10
I used to think that people laughed into their remote controls and that's why we could hear people laughing on a television show.
E Menendez 8 years ago
Similar. I was before remotes, so I thought it was people in their living rooms. I knew my mom would be watching tv in her room and I would try to talk to her by putting on the same channel and talking with my mouth against the tv.
💖 Stacy Rae 💖 8 years ago
I thought the people on TV could see and hear us watching them. I used to try to get a reaction from the newsreaders' or the Play School presenters by hiding beside the TV and jumping out in front of them, making funny faces or saying weird things. Never worked though.
#11
When I was a kid I thought dogs and cats were the same species; just dogs were male and cats were female. Blew my little 7 year old mind when my dog got pregnant!
Amanda Panda 8 years ago
I honestly think this is a general assumption, its very common for people to refer to dogs as "he/him" and cats as "she/her" prior to knowing the gender.
Hans 8 years ago
"Good boy" pretty much applies to female dogs as well, it seems. Weird, isn't it? and I would even say that some breeds of dogs are rather maculine while other are rather feminine. Tink for example a cocker spaniel...girl. Bloodfound...guy. Odd...
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Master Markus 8 years ago
Why do people think this? It makes me crazy when people assume like that! I don't think that dogs or cats in general look male or female, maybe some BREEDS have a more feminine or masculine look, but ... just - I'm not stupid!
#12
I thought that I was a secret-agent-alien with my own TV show for the people back on the "home planet". Kind of a sort of Exposing earthlings type thing. Every Saturday I would quite literally narrate my entire day, from morning to night, explaining how the Earth works and begging "them" to "please please please come and bring me back home soon". I did this until I was around 8, and my mother has most episodes of my TV show on tape.
Hans 8 years ago
I would probably watch it. Would be better than "Alf" no matter what.
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Notchimine Mette 8 years ago
Well, it was probably only memories from your prior life on different planet coming through and messing with your head...
#13
I used to believe that teachers lived at school inside of their classrooms.
#14
I thought that people with large butts just held their poop in for too long.
#15
When I was 4 my mom was 9 months pregnant with my brother and we got into a minor car accident that forced her into labor. So until about 3rd grade I thought you had to get into a car accident to have a baby.
Doug Kirk 8 years ago
We were on our way to the hospital to have our 2nd (my wife was being induced) and we got rear ended. Totaled the car. Ambulance took us the rest of the way. She no longer needed to be induced. That kicked it into gear. (Nobody was hurt, my son came out happy as a camper. He is 5 now.)
#16
I thought it was still medieval times in England.
Hans 8 years ago
I guess England is just taking the direction towards it. Well, probably half of the world currently is.
Thegreatcountryofverden 7 years ago
Most of that half follows the USA as the perfect role model.
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Just a Purpler 8 years ago
I thought China still wore there traditional make up regularly as well as they're silk clothes or straw hats and only ate with chopsticks until I was like 12 aha
#17
That adults had everything figured out. That when I got to college, I would miraculously know what it was I wanted to do with my life, find the perfect job after I graduated and maintain a stable group of amazing friends who helped me along the way.
Hans 8 years ago
I think many people applying for college still have that believe. And those continuing to university or directly to some job probably still sustain it...
Phishcat 8 years ago
Definitely. I was (and still kinda am) like this. It's hard waking up to reality...
Load More Replies... Just a Purpler 8 years ago
Despite being in my first semester of university right now, I think I still believe this unfortunately
Caroline Murphy 8 years ago
Not me, personally... I was bullied at school and my parents weren't financially stable so I learned how hard life is from an early age
#18
I spent my first 8 years in Russia where sex was a topic that was never discussed. As a result, I had no idea about it. I mean, none. I thought that babies came as a result of liking someone a lot. I had a huge crush on some boy in my 1st grade class and at one point when I was constipated, I thought it was our child forming. I remember thinking, "oh no, I'm too young for this!"
Hans 8 years ago
The funny this is, it shows you that condemning talking about sex probably is not the best idea education-wise.
Master Markus 8 years ago
It's the worst. And the only reason people are uncomfortable with sex to THAT point is because of religion.
Load More Replies... Just a Purpler 8 years ago
Ahaha I honestly had a similar problem, no one talked about sex until I was in grade 7, but until then I just figured babies just kinda appeared into existence whenever they felt like it
#19
I convinced myself that my saliva would work like a narcotic on chocolate easter bunnies, so they would't feel the pain of me eating them. I made sure to lick their ears carefully, then wait a few seconds until the stupefaction set in before munching them down.
#20
“I spent a pretty long time thinking gay sex was when two men stabbed at each other with their penises, sword-fighting style. Boy, was I wrong.”
Savannah 8 years ago
Most kids know about this stuff but don't tell their parents
Load More Replies... Miklós Nagy 8 years ago
Yeah, it's oretty wrong imagining "gay sex" and "two people playing swordfight with their d***s" if you are kid.
#21
True story: When I was a kid, I thought that MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" was a warning to kids not to play with hammers.
#22
I thought that everyone heard the same thing but it sounded different to foreigners. So when a spanish person said 'Hola' i presumed their friend would hear the noise of 'hello' and it was just people from different countries that heard it differently.
BoredBunnies 8 years ago
I think a lot about this topic, and I often come back to this, in the state of my random thoughts.
#23
When I was little I thought the two prices on the backs of books for US & Canada were different bc you got charged more if you were Canadian.
Kath Whathername 8 years ago
Canadians always pay more - even on Canadian goods. I'd hate to think it was because we are 'too polite' to say "Eh?... No."
Just a Purpler 8 years ago
ahaha no lol, Canadian dollar isn't the worth as much as an American dollar is all hahaha
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#24
When I was 5 or so, I used to think that everything 100 years ago was all black and white, clothes, buildings, whatever. All because of black and white photographs. :(
Sorai Jordan 8 years ago
That was my thought, too. Took me until 12yo or so to figure out the truth
#25
“I thought that men got pregnant with boys and women got pregnant with girls.”
Tiffany Harris 8 years ago
My niece thinks the same thing now. My sister-in-law is pregnant with my nephew but my niece is convinced my brother is pregnant because "mommies can't make brothers, daddies do."
#26
I used to believe that quitting something 'cold turkey' meant that you ate cold turkey instead of smoking or doing whatever else they're trying to quit. I figured that since cold turkey doesn't sound that delicious, they must be so distracted by how annoying cold turkey tastes that they forget about their addiction.
Caroline Murphy 8 years ago
I quite like cold turkey. So if only this was true, because I'm a smoker so that would be one way to convince me to quit
#27
I figured the moon was made of ice. And it only came out at night so the sun couldn't melt it.
Belle White 8 years ago
I used to think the sun and moon were the same celestial body because of a painting my friend's mom had.
meow point1 7 years ago
One time when I was four, five or six I tried talking to the moon like Bear in the Big Blue House and got mad when it didn't reply. XD!
#28
We had very ill fitting windows when I was a child. My parents would often complain about keeping the curtains closed to keep the 'draughts' out. I naturally assumed they were saying 'giraffes'. Spent a few years living in fear that angry giraffes roamed the neigbourhood and would smash through any uncovered windows to try and get to the light.
#29
I used to believe that sex was only done in the hospital, and doctors would watch as the couple had sex. I believed this until I was 13.
Too Lazy To Care 🐼 8 years ago
I could understand if you thought that at a younger age when you were first learning about sex like at nine or ten but thirteen?
#30
I believed that each child was born with some sort of tool/appliance or whatever to symbolize what they'd become when they grow up. Like, if you were going to become a doctor, you'd be born with a stethoscope and they'd keep it for you till you grow into your role.
Thegreatcountryofverden 7 years ago
My brain is like a supercomputer that makes imagination, one day i'm going to be just that.
#31
When I was about four, our kindergarden teacher told us that there would be a fire simulation in the next few weeks when the firemen would come to our school. I was terrified, because I thought they would set our school on fire to teach us what to do in case a real fire started, and I was unsure whether the firemen would be able to deal with the fire before everything was destroyed.
Olivia W 8 years ago
One time when I was 7 I got bored in class so I started fiddling with my shoes, taking them off and on again and then a fire drill started. I had to walk on the roof of the building through the fire escape in mud without shoes all while a teacher yelled at me for not being careful enough
BoredBunnies 8 years ago
That reminds me of the last Fire drill of the year in fourth grade. I was literally below the fire alarm, my best friend right in front of me. When it went off, she slammed her pencil on the desk, with her eyes wide, and I immediately perked up, because I was so off guard. I think we were both totally freaked out for a second (because we weren't expecting it).
Daniel Mallory 8 years ago
i thought for awhile that they where made of fire thinks sesame street
#32
Not me but when we were little my brother honestly believed he could grow up to be an ice cream truck. Not an ice cream man, an ice cream truck.
#33
That the bands would actually be on stand by at the radio station and perform live in the studio. Every band from Backstreet boys to Elvis.
#34
Once when I was a kid, I heard my mum fart and when I asked if that was her she replied: "No, mothers have lost their capapility to fart." For the longest time I believed her and couldn't wait until I bacame a mum so I didn't have to fart anymore.
Hans 8 years ago
What a pleasant thought...just think you imagined the endless pain of being tubed up with no chance of releasing the pressure...
Daniel Mallory 8 years ago
you could burp also without burping or farting you combuste look it up
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“When I use to see guys with sagging pants, I thought their penises were extremely long and that’s why their pants were so low.”
#36
That there were spaghetti farms....every time we drive by a field with hay on it my Dad told me it was a spaghetti farm...
Skunk Drunk 8 years ago
Like when Sam from iCarly thought that putting a meatball in the ground would give her a meatball tree...
#37
That sex was just kissing naked. It's all I ever saw on t.v. sex scenes that slipped by my parents "don't look!" stage. When I finally had "the talk" with my dad he started off talking about sperm and how it makes babies. Freaked out, I yelled "it goes in her mouth?!" Still thinking that it was just kissing naked.
Phishcat 8 years ago
Haha I thought the same thing. That's why I thought it was okay to go around talking about sex even though I was in like elementary school.
the derp king (Liam) 8 years ago
It's a lot more messed up now. Most of the kids in my class talk about it freely knowing what it is
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After seeing some sort of Egyptian exhibit at a museum as a child, I asked repeatedly on the way home why there were only mummies and no daddies. The daddy issues started young with this one.
Stefano Aprea 8 years ago
From the ancient latin word "mumia" that comes from the ancient arab word "mumya", meaning "wax", "rubber", "balsamic substance". That's why since the past was clear that mummification was realized through application of several substances, like wax, oils and balsamic oils to the corpse.
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#39
“Until I was 16 I thought male pubic hair covered the whole penis. Like the whole thing. All of it.”
JillVille Child Care 8 years ago
I had heard a penis called a prick and thought that the end must be sharp to call it that. I had that belief for a long time.
meow point1 7 years ago
Probably because she heard that she'd grow hair on her privates, so assumed it was the same for men.
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When I was little I thought birds were having important meetings when they sat together on the telephone wires.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
They really are. One day they were talking about which one would come down and help a little Mocking bird I had sat out to get fresh air. One was chosen and came down, checked the baby out, flew back to the line full of birds, chatted them up and they flew off, she came back and took the little guy under her wings and fed him then taught him how to fly. We know he was ready to fly but couldn't stop watching until it was over and gone. Could not leave the window until that little bird was safe. So yes they talk, they have meetings .
#41
I thought the big sound barrier walls on the side of the highway were to keep back elephants. I thought this because my father told me that's what they were for.
#42
I thought that it was really smart that my great grandparents had had the foresight to name my grandpa Grandpa.
Belle White 8 years ago
Reminds me of the Berenstain Bears (yes, I am pretty sure I spelled it right...)
#43
That all of the children living in Great Britain got to have tea with the Queen once in their lives
#44
I mixed up the words 'matches' and 'mattresses', so when people told me "don't play with matches" I thought they meant that mattresses were dangerous things prone to catching on fire if you played on them. I wondered why we would sleep on something so dangerous. Never had the joy of jumping on the bed until much later in life, when I learned the difference between the two, and that jumping on the bed would not result in spontaneous combustion.
#45
I thought baby showers involved actual showering. This was supported by the fact that my mom wouldn't let me go because only women were going.
student Valencia Collier 5 years ago
same but i thought the baby was being born and all the women would help bathe it
Caroline Murphy 8 years ago
Reminds me of Kel from the TV show Kenan and Kel.. He thought the same thing
#46
I thought that when you ate food, it went all the way down to your feet, then filled up from there.
guess 8 years ago
I had a nightmare when I was little... A strange traveling man visited our home carrying a black suit case with a purple crystal key chain. My mother told me not to touch it as she and the man went into the kitchen to prepare a meal and chat a while. Naturally, I touched the crystal and it fell off, slicing the skin from my index finger to my ankle. All the food I'd ever eaten fell out onto the floor, but they were in whole pieces as if I hadn't chewed them up... and when my mother returned she was annoyed and only kind of freaked out. Anyway, that's just what this reminded me of.
ALEXUS YURKOVITCH 4 years ago
i thought that when you swallowed food it would go to your butt and as you get older thats why your butt gets bigger and when you get butt surgery they import food into your buttcheeks :(
#47
When I was little my big sister told me to say hi and be nice to the mannequins at the mall because they were people too!
Hans 8 years ago
This is a scary thought. "The day of the walking mannequins" could be a C-movie.
Bella Zyla Harder 8 years ago
Twilight Zone episode freaked me the F out when I was 8
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#48
There are far fewer Tunnel of Love rides than cartoons would have you believe.
#49
That the black market was actually at some secret location where people came and had stands like you would at a farmers market and if the police came everyone took their stuff down and ran away before they'd get caught.
the derp king (Liam) 8 years ago
That is exactly what I believed until I was 10. Also, I thought it was always near a pirate ship
Master Markus 8 years ago
I had a similar idea. I don't know how that would work, but nobody TALKS to kids about the "black market" so I had nothing to go on besides "you can buy illegal stuff there".
#50
That my mom grew up in a black and white world because all pictures of her childhood were black and white.
Daniel Mallory 8 years ago
my mom dyed her hair when i was to young to remember so i used to think that her old pictures where my grandma
#51
I used to think that if a child wore glasses, that child was smart. This didn't mean that I thought children who didn't wear glasses were not smart, just that wearing glasses was a reliable indicator. Then, Mary Beth C. got glasses, and I KNEW she wasn't smart. There went the glasses=smart theory.
#52
Growing up I thought people shooting guns at my feet and saying "dance" was going to be more of an issue
Master Markus 8 years ago
I had a good laugh at this. There are a lot of cartoon situations that just don't show up much in real life.
#53
The area I grew up in is surrounded by mountains. It's basically a bowl. When I was but a wee lad I used to think that nothing existed beyond these mountains and that if I were to scale the tallest peak of the highest mountain all I would see beyond in every direction forever would be mountains.
#54
“Until I was 8 I thought babies came out of your butt.”
#55
I thought women got pregnant by overeating. I told my mom to eat more so I could have a little brother.
Caroline Murphy 8 years ago
Thank god that's not true.. I don't want kids and I eat way too more than I should
#56
When you eat an apple and accidentally swallowed the seeds, an apple tree would grow inside you.
Matthew Norton 4 years ago
This was also a common myth except it was for watermelons and not apples
Beatrice Alighieri 8 years ago
Watermelon seeds were the stuff of nightmares for me.
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#57
I used to squeeze my balls because I thought I would pee faster.
#58
I saw a lot of Geico commercials. I thought that "15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance" meant that the longer you talked on the phone, the more money you would save. If you could keep them busy for 100 minutes, your insurance was free!
Apa Apa 8 years ago
I'd say it's mainly just super litteral, beacuse small kids haven't yet picked up on all the metaphors and figures of speach
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“I used to think that the penis moved itself, like some weird psychosexual robot. The girl would turn the guy on and lie down and the guy would position himself and his dick would, like, have at it.”
#60
For the longest time when I was a kid I thought the nazis in The Sound of Music were saying "Hi, Hitler".
#61
When my dad said something cost "Fifty bucks" I thought he was trading deer for merchandise. I finally got curious and asked him if they were live bucks or dead ones, and where exactly was he keeping all these deer anyway.
#62
That the words on maps were actually giant letters in the sky. They were not.
Meike Henneman 8 years ago
You should try reading the Philemon comics..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philémon_(comics)
#63
I always assumed Santa was a first generation Ukrainian immigrant with a drinking problem. Turns out my parents just took me to the cheap mall.
#64
I thought my dad was black... I went to a catholic school with all white people at the time. My dad was just a really tan white guy. The story of how I found out my dad was not black was great. It was MLK day and I told my mom "Mom, I am so happy for MLK because if it were not for him you and dad might not be together today." She then told me the truth. I was pretty shocked to say the least lol.
#65
When I was 8 I asked my dad if we could go to disneyland, he told me we didn't have enough money for it, so I suggested we go to the bank to get some. Thats when he had to explain he needs to put the money in before he can take it out. This notion seemed like madness to me, I couldn't figure out what the point of it was, though he did try to explain it to me...but at that moment I realized money doesn't magically come out of an ATM machine.
Hans 8 years ago
Many adults with overdrawn credit card account still more or less believe that ATMs are not connected to accounts where you put income to. The sad this is.
Lisa Shaw 8 years ago
I was confused as a child about how the bank could figure out which dollar bills were mine. I had it figured out in my head that each person had a little compartment at the bank that was called "account" and everytime I put money in or took money out, they just went to my compartment and pulled the money out of it and gave it to me. All through childhood, I thought the bank was just giving me back the same bills I had deposited at an earlier time!
Load More Replies... student Valencia Collier 5 years ago
i thought you put in a large portion of money then typed in how much money you wanted and then you got your money back plus the money you got back
#66
You know how cigarettes come with health warnings on the box? Well, one of the warnings used to be "Cigarettes cause impotence", and since I was a kid and didn't know what "impotence" was, I assumed they just made a spelling mistake and meant to write "Cigarettes cause importance". I thought it meant that if you smoke cigarettes, it would make you more important. Which I thought weird, since being important is a good thing
Thegreatcountryofverden 7 years ago
Winston Churchill smoked cigars. He is important. The theory is true then.
Caroline Murphy 8 years ago
We are important.. Do you have any idea how much tax us smokers pay? The government couldn't afford to lose that money
#67
When I was 4 I overheard my mom talking to my dad about a doctor's appointment she had. I asked her if she was going to see Dr. Pepper, as I believed this was the only doctor there was.
Matthew Norton 4 years ago
Fun fact: there is actually no period after the "Dr" in "Dr Pepper".
Atrociraptorous 1 year ago
Me: *literally looks over at DP can beside me* You are correct!
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“I used to think that if a man touched a woman’s boobs she would get pregnant. Just automatically, as soon as she was touched, she started growing a fetus. Like, boob touch… POOF! Pregnant!”
#69
I thought Jello was alien meat.
#70
I thought that islands were actually land floating on the sea and that you could swim under them if you tried.
Margherita Gatley 4 years ago
wait hold up lmao im almsot 17 and I still thought this was true...thats american school systems for u smh
#71
I thought my food had feelings even after I ate it. So I'd constantly ask my parents "Will the food be happy in my tummy?" and I'd also "save it for later" because I didn't want the food to be mad at me. To be fair, it was primarily stuff like chicken & beef, not just fruits and vegetables haha. :p I'd also tell each bite "Goodbye here's a hug & a kiss." I was a weird kid.
meow point1 7 years ago
Reminds me of Yo Gabba Gabba. It's weird in that episode where the talking food says, "we want to go to the party in your tummy." I like parties, but I wouldn't want to go to one in anything's tummy.
Thegreatcountryofverden 7 years ago
Your'e the second Temmie i've met on BoredPanda!
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That if I ate watermelon seeds then drank water, a watermelon would grow inside of me.
#73
Not directly related to Santa Claus, but when I first heard of Cupid from classical mythology, I immediately thought of Cupid, one of Santa's reindeer. I figured they must be one and the same, since they're both mythological figures who can fly. When asked how this is possible, I explained that Cupid is an angel the rest of the year, but transforms himself into a reindeer at Christmastime. The other reindeer can do this too, but they tend to keep on the down-low because they're shy.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
You are so smart and Santa will bring you something really nice this year for sharing.
#74
I used to think that there were little people inside traffic lights who pressed buttons to make them change from green to yellow to red.
Daniel Mallory 8 years ago
yeah and they sleep when ever your in a rush and the ther side is green
#75
“I used to think sex consisted of each person literally kissing each other’s butt cheeks.”
#76
“When I was younger, I thought that for some strange reason ‘spooning’ was putting a spoon up your partner’s butt to relieve constipation. My friends would talk about spooning and I would just visualize a cold spoon and shiver.”
guess 8 years ago
I once made a joke about a spoon in middle school and one of my smartest friends hissed at me from across the table "no u can't do that shh" and when I asked her why she said "I heard a joke about "spooning" in an inappropriate comedy act I'm pretty sure it's sexual" and we were all like WOAH
Master Markus 8 years ago
For a short time, I thought it was specifically sexual penetration while lying on your sides, so I got really confused when I started hearing it be talked about in really innocent situations.
#77
For a few weeks straight, I was absolutely convinced that I was the Wind God. I had this blue fly swatter, and whenever I lifted it into the air the wind would blow. It was happening so consistently that I felt comfortable showing my friends my special power. Of course, it stopped working. Turns out it was just windy for a few weeks during fall, and I was not the Wind God.
Tiny Dynamine 8 years ago
I used to think I was the rain god! At school, when it rained I'd chant "Stop, rain" until it did then claimed it was because of me. (I'd usually give up after about 5 minutes though!)
meow point1 7 years ago
Reminds me of one time, we were having a dry spell and I said that I hoped a drought wouldn't happen. Then, about half an hour later, it started pouring with rain.
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I thought that languages were all just ciphers of each other. Like I thought it was possible to translate a word into any language by translating it one letter at a time.
Claudia Garcia 8 years ago
A friend of mine once asked me if "Pop" menat "Pi" in portuguese and I asked why and then he said "-Because "Pop Corn" means "Pipoca" so obviously "Pop" could only mean "Pi" and "Corn" mean "poca"..."
Carly Noelle 8 years ago
I remember being blown away by the thought that people think in different languages. Speaking, I could understand, but thinking . . . I don't know. It was hard to wrap my mind around.
Claudia Garcia 8 years ago
I used to think all languages had the same "grammar", not that I knew what grammar meant but that I could translate words literally in the same position and it would make sense in the end
#79
For some reason, I thought sealing air in a bag would result in a zero gravity environment. My mom would pack my lunch in a plastic grocery bag and I vividly remember blowing air into the bag while I still had some food left in it and would wonder why my food wasn't floating around in the bag.
#80
I remember asking my father why does the moon follow our car everywhere when we are driving at night
#81
When I was a child I was afraid of being in a horror movie so I'd sing copyrighted songs and mention competitive brands. That way I knew I wasn't in a movie.
#82
My mom frequently used to say "if you believe that I've got some swamp land in Florida to sell you." When I was ten or so my Mom was upset over some money problems and I told her- "you can just sell that swamp land that you have in Florida." I felt very silly but at least it cheered her up.
#83
“I thought that when a woman wanted a baby she’d write a letter and burn it. Then the spirit of multiple babies would come and sniff her butt. The one that liked it the most would be her baby.”
J.E.C. 8 years ago
Look at the contributors last name... lol explains it all
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Growing up I thought Sheryl Crow's name was Cher L. Crow. Sometimes when I'm down, I still like to think that.
#85
When I was a kid, I thought having diabetes was the deepest darkest secret you could have. Thanks, Babysitters Club.
meow point1 8 years ago
Then I got a daydream of a dramatic James Bond-type hero declaring to his love interest "I would love for you to be my bride but before we get married, there's something you should know: I have (dramatic pause) diabetes."
#86
I thought a bear lived in our fridge. I have no idea why, and no idea how I managed to explain never seeing it.
#87
I believed that after I left school everyone stopped carrying on with their lives, until I saw them the next day. Like robots.
Daniel Mallory 8 years ago
hmm i used to think that only pepole i saw or thouht of moved or existed at that time
#88
That the underground railroad was literally a railroad. I mean yeah it's great that a loose network of abolitionists helped slaves to freedom but it would have been way cooler if it was a real railroad. You take an escaped slave, lead him into a cave and this train pulls up and it's like "all aboard the FREEDOM TRAIN!" choo choo
Jespren Ray 8 years ago
There are actually a lot of accounts of run away slaves who were under this impression to, so you were in good company at least.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
I did too and was worried about someone hearing the noise of the train and thought well maybe that's why they used to do it at night.
#89
I was convinced that if I didn't pull out a wedgie my pants would have a hole in them because my mum said that my bum was hungry and was eating my pants but I was scared if I pulled it out my fingers would get bitten off
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
It goes something like this. Mom sees kid, pants in crack. Says," Hey your butt is eating your pants. Pull them out and straighten them up". You see some of us think in pictures and that is hard on us when we are little and also when we grow up , it is even more confusing because you are trying to play catch up while in the present hearing other stuff. Like firing someone meant to me a firing squad, still scares me.
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I thought ants lived in the car antennae and played tiny little instruments.
Beatrice Alighieri 8 years ago
This is so cute, the music on the car radio being played by ants with tiny little instruments...
#91
I used to think that shoulder blades are where your wings grow from when you become an angel.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
Me to and I still think that so don't go and spoil it for me or anyone else.
Bella Zyla Harder 8 years ago
No, the centre of gravity is all wrong... they'd actually grow upward from just above your butt.
Load More Replies... BoredBunnies 8 years ago
I remember a friend who had exaggerated shoulder blades, and my teacher called her "a slice of heaven" as a joke because she was quiet and nice, like and angel. She really reminded me of an angel. Besides the fact that she had a black cat named Shadow.
#92
I believed someone sat and watched cameras at each traffic light and decided when to change them. I would get so mad at them when we were stuck at a light for too long.
Too Lazy To Care 🐼 8 years ago
This is exactly what I believed when I was young! I'm not alone!
#93
I believed that my uncle who passed away was the man in the moon. I thought I could see his face in the moon.
#94
That as long as I tucked the bed covers under my feet the monsters couldn't grab me.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
And don't forget your head, hair, nose, I just don't know how we made it this far.
Caroline Murphy 8 years ago
My cat loves playing with feet, so I actually have to do this every night to stop him from biting them
#95
That I had psychic powers, but I was unable to use them yet, as I was too young. One day they'll come... One day...
Timothy D. 8 years ago
That was always fun to try and knock over that cup of water with your mystical magical mind powers and c**p
#96
My parents told me that the bread crusts were the healthiest parts of the bread, presumably so that I'd eat them. I believed that until I was 14.
#97
If you lifted a dog's tail and looked up it's butt, you could see out of the dog's eyes. Thanks dad.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
On this one I think you dad did not like you. Did you get him back?
#98
Having no understanding of relative weight and lift, as a little kid I was convinced that if you could snag a bird in something like a bag and hold on to it, you'd be lifted along with it when it tried to fly upward. Fortunately, I never had occasion to test this
#99
When I was little my dad told me that when he got something in his eye he used to go to the hospital where they would take our his eyeball which was on a long string and wash it in a bowl! For ages I thought our eyes could be taken out on long strings!
#100
When I was about 4 or 5, I asked my mom what happened to the bath water once it went down the drain. She told me it went to a plant. She meant a water refinery plant, but for a while after that, I thought that somewhere out there was a plant so big it needed everyone's bath water to grow.
#101
I used to believe that when I turned 6 I would turn into a boy! My brother and sister had me convinced their baby pictures were each others. I think I was more nervous the day before my 6th birthday then any other day in my life.
#102
At home when I was bored, my mother would tell me to go outside and lay on the ground because I might be able to see Pegasus, the mythological Greek flying horse. So I'd lay out in the yard all day looking up at the sky for Pegasus and being very quiet so not to scare him away. I just knew he'd fly by at any time.
Margherita Gatley 4 years ago
you must have been such a patient and kind kid ur mom was very lucky haha
#103
I used to believe that for pee, I had to press my bellybutton.
#104
“When I was a kid, I used to think that if someone didn’t flush the toilet and they had gone pee (and they were the opposite sex of you) and you went pee too that it would make a baby.”
GSMountainWolf 3 years ago (edited)
SAME I DID THE SAME THING WITH IT LIKE, “NOOOOO SOMEONE FLUSHED THE TOILET WITH ALL THE PEE I WAS COLLECTING IN IT
#105
“When I was in kindergarten a classmate told me that having sex was when you took little toy dinosaurs and rubbed them on your private parts and I believed her.”
#106
“I used to think that balls were inside the penis instead of being two separate things.”
#107
“I thought the hymen covered the entire entrance of the vagina, and I was convinced that in order to have sex the penis would have to puncture the hymen like punching through a wall.”
Maria Kumar 8 years ago
The Truth About Hymens And Sex by College Humour: https://youtu.be/PM79UBTwfsg
Master Markus 8 years ago
Honestly, I had some sort of thought like this too. I mean, people talk about it in terms like "breaking" and "puncturing" which really makes it sound like a thing that has to be broken through, not some super fragile membrane.
#108
When I was a kid I thought I'd get sucked into way more mirrors as an adult.
💖 Stacy Rae 💖 8 years ago
I was and still am frightened of mirrors. It's not that I think I'll get sucked in as such, it's more of a fear of the me in the mirror being evil and trying to swap places with me. Now as an adult I have taken it a step further and am frightened that the evil mirror me may have already swapped places and that It's really me in the mirror trying to return to my life.
#109
When i was a kid i thought grapefruits were called Great Fruits because there is already a grapefruit (grapes) and they are great.
#110
I believed that the name on a funeral home was for your family. Thus, if it was Jenkins' funeral home, all the Jenkins had to be buried there. It used to upset me thinking how far some people had to travel to get to their family's funeral home.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
Poor thing. I thought funeral homes were where people go to die there so I was never going to go there!
#111
You were rich if you had a refrigerator with a built in ice maker.
#112
Gnomes lived under my bed and if I let my arm dangle off the bed while I was sleeping, they'd kidnap me and make me their queen. You know. In accordance with gnome monarchical tradition.
#113
I was convinced that brown and white cows produced chocolate milk and that black and white cows produced white milk... I grew up in Wisconsin and saw cows on a regular basis.. I was a very confused kid.
#114
I thought if someone kissed me we were married.
#115
I thought the Easter Bunny was a 7 foot tall monster that would kill me mercilessly if I set foot downstairs before it had finished hiding the eggs.
Margherita Gatley 4 years ago
same i saw a commercial of these teens when i was ab 5 and they snuck into the kitchen past their bedtime to get cereal and there was this creepy asf easter bunny outside the window and they screamed and ran upstairs im 16 and it still scares me i dont believe obvs but the thought of the bunnies face yikes!
meow point1 8 years ago
Maybe the parents didn't tell him/her, maybe it's the kid's imagination that's to blame.
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I used to think adults could read my mind and that when people turned 18 you magically gained the gift of reading children's minds.
Margherita Gatley 4 years ago
im 16 and still be careful what i think around my mom especially when making eye contact bc i feel like she can read my mind lmao
#117
I used to believe that whatever the weather was where I was, then it was that weather all over the planet. Like if it was raining by me, then it was raining all over the Earth at the same time.
#118
I thought I was the only one who saw things in 1st person, and everyone else saw themselves in 3rd person.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
I always like to say, "We" for myself. Me myself I I used we and still do at times. Always wanted to be the Queen.
#119
I thought that there was ocean under all land. I was always terrified that a shark might rip through the ground and eat me.
#120
I thought that there were little ant people in my stomach who lived a in a little hut and lived in family units. They dressed like peasants. Their job was to take the food I ate for themselves and make poop to push outside my body. When my cousin told me that if I ate seeds the fruit would grow inside of me, I purposely started eating watermelon seeds to reward the ant people for their hard work.
meow point1 8 years ago
I remember when I was either seven, eight or nine I was watching TV and an ad came on for acid reflux tablets and I said, "So there's a pool of hot acid in a lot of people's stomachs and these pills get rid of it?!"
Bella Zyla Harder 8 years ago
OMG! Similar theory, except instead of ants it was the rabbits from Richard Scarry books
#121
When I was in 1st grade, I heard adults say Google knew everything so I wondered why police didn't use it to find criminals' locations. I came up with my own conclusion that is because Google knows everything, Google will also tell the criminals that now the police already know where they are and they would run away. Since it's a waste of time, the two sides agree not to use it.
Shari H 8 years ago
When I was in 1st grade google was just a really big number, as in a googlty-million dollars (that is way more than a billion). Now I feel a google years old.
💖 Stacy Rae 💖 8 years ago
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/googol-and-googolplex
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When I was little, my mom told me that when there was a thunder and lightning storm that my papa and his angel friends were bowling in heaven.
Margherita Gatley 4 years ago
this is what im gonna tell my kids when im older this is adorable
#123
When I was little I thought broccoli were little trees from a world of little people. I have no idea where that idea came from.
💖 Stacy Rae 💖 8 years ago
Broccoli 'green trees.' Cauliflower 'white trees.' (how my Mum made me eat my veggies.)
#124
When I was a kid, I thought when you moved you had to find someone who wanted to live in your home and trade with them.
Daniel Mallory 8 years ago
well to be fair you do trade just with money soo i mean not that wrong
Caroline Murphy 8 years ago
For my sister, this is reality. She lives in a council house so hasn't paid for it (okay for some) and is currently in the process of trading places with another family from a council estate who want a similar place to where my sister lives
#125
That if no eyes were laid upon me, including my own, my skin was green. Have no idea why I thought this. Maybe I'm one of this reptilianizers.
#126
My mom once told me to pull my arms into my shirt so she could spin it around. I some how got it in my head that she spun my torso around and then I tried to do it for years. Good times.
#127
I used to think that characters that die in movies actually get killed. This leads me to the only reasonable conclusion that they are all criminals given a last chance to leave their mark on the world... Rip imagination.
Daniel Mallory 8 years ago
that is cool tho that is how they should do it no more the days of bad CGI death no more
#128
That my dolls and toys came alive when I slept. I hope to god they didn't...
Daniel Mallory 8 years ago
why tho i still like that idea and that evil monster trying to kill me in my sleep and they are my only hope i want to try to make that a movie now altough i thought that till a was 11 i had madition that made me hallusanated creppey thing in the attic now that i think about it
#129
I thought that you had a set amount of blood. I didn't realize that the body makes more. So I freaked out at any cut because I thought I was losing something that I couldn't get back and that it would eventually lead to death if I lost enough through these tiny cuts.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
Well that's why we screamed our heads off when we were little and got a scrape or cut and it bled out.
#130
When people got fired from their job, they were blindfolded and a firing squad would shoot them.
#131
Fan death. That sleeping with the fan on would kill me in my sleep.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
Must be from China. They told their people that story so that China could save electricity.
#132
I was sure that if I worked out, went to Karate, and practiced hard enough I could shoot beams of energy out of my hands like in Dragon Ball Z.
#133
I was about 4 years old on a boat trip round a harbour when the tour guide pointed some big old ships moored at the side of the harbour explaining that the boats were "being run with just a Skeleton Crew". I turned to my dad an exclaimed,"Eugh, imagine having to step over all those dead bodies"
#134
As a child with nothing to do, my mother would give me a salt shaker and tell me if I could put salt on a bird's tail, I could catch it. I spent many days running around trying to put salt on a bird's tail and never succeeded.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
Putting salt on a birds tail was a story I heard from I think reading Ring Lardner and short stories. Or something like that. Folk tale stories.
#135
You know how kids get balloons at birthday parties and stuff? I always took them home and they stuck around until they started deflating, at which point they would disappear. I thought that balloons disappeared once they started to deflate. Turns out, my mom would throw them away while I was out of the house because she knew I would be distressed by the loss of my balloon. I didn't realize the truth until I was like 9 or 10.
#136
Little kid me thought that you had a random chance at shitting out a baby when you pooped. I checked every time. No one taught me anything, I guess you can say.
#137
“Until very recently I had this conceptualization that penises were like vaginas but inside out, spongy, and self-lubricating, kind of like slugs. This meant that I was extra horrified when men left the bathroom without washing their hands, because I imagined them covered in some sort of penis juice.”
Bella Zyla Harder 8 years ago
Hey, even Vesalius thought the same thing (but exactly different in that Vaginas were inverted penises) and he was an anatomist
Daniel Mallory 8 years ago
well if we where well playing it would be penis juice sorry i was tempted
#138
“I accidentally saw my dad’s penis when I was around 3 or 4, but then somehow changed the memory of this in my mind so that it had looked like a unicorn horn. I legit thought that penises looked like unicorn horns until the third grade.”
#139
When I was a kid, I thought that scene in Ghostbusters where Dan Ackroyd got a spooky BJ was a ghost taking off his belt cuz he ate too much.
#140
I thought that when there where "walks to find the cure", I actually believed they where searching on the ground for the cure.
BoredBunnies 8 years ago
You talking about JDRF? They made us do that in third, fourth, and fifth grade. Watermelon and juice, though.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
I did too and that was when it started and I was in my 50's. Remember we think in pictures.
#141
I was confused as to why firemen were heroes. Grammar error on the part of my 4-year-old self; I thought that they put fires out... as in placed them out in the world.
#142
For the longest time I thought that Dire Straits was the name of the one musician. As in Mr and Mrs Straits named their son 'Dire'.
#143
I thought each individual streetlight was operated and controlled by someone below that intersection.
#144
I thought people spontaneously switched gender between ages 10 and 30. I didn't think it happened to everyone. I have no idea why I thought this.
#145
That woman gave birth to girls and men have birth to boys. Took me a bit to get my head round the truth especially with my young self exclaiming that being female "wasn't fair"!
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
I always wanted to be a boy until I got tits and someone said I was pretty.
#146
My parents told me something similar. The speech was something along the lines of "When a mommy and daddy like each other and kiss and stuff, something from the daddy goes into the mommy to make a baby." Based on the explanation, I assumed that kissing was the important part and it was some substance inside saliva that caused babies to happen. They weren't very amused when I started asking them why two mommies couldn't have a baby in front of my very conservative grandparents.
#147
While I was still in preschool I used to think that steaks and ribs were actual animals, not parts of an animal.
#148
I thought I would shrink if I stayed in the bathtub too long.
Thegreatcountryofverden 7 years ago
And then your head would start shrinking into your neck...
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I believed that African American people saw everyone as brown people because their eyes are brown.
Daniel Mallory 8 years ago
oh so when you saw a diffrent skin cloler then your own did you freak out
#150
If I didn't haul ass up the stairs after getting an ice pop in the basement the "monster under the stairs" would grab my legs and pull me down into the depths with him.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
Oh my you had a ghost in your house that spooked under the stairs.
#151
When I was 6 I used to think that Cream of Mushroom Soup was actually called "Queen of Mushrooms" Soup. When we were grocery shopping one day I warned my parents not to buy it because if they made too much of the soup the Queen of Mushrooms to lose her mushroom forest. My mom took a can off the shelf and told me to read the label. I felt so silly!
Thegreatcountryofverden 7 years ago
I'm adding that to my BrainBank™. A BrainBank™ is a place where you keep Ideas™ and Images™ for later use.
#152
I thought if someone asked something and said please you had no choice but to do it (I think my dad told me this once when I wouldn't do something).
meow point1 8 years ago
I thought that too! I'd get so mad when my parents wouldn't do stuff even if I said please. I also couldn't understand why I wasn't allowed to nag them when they were allowed to nag me using the exact same words.
#153
I thought a contract killer was someone who kills people who break a contract.
#154
I used to believe that if someone hit you on your back when you're eyes were wide open your eyes would pop out of their sockets.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
Well you must also have been told that if you do not behave then they would get a screw driver and put it in your belly button and all your limbs would fall off.
#155
I used to think the store Lord & Taylor was called "Lorden Taylor." I used to call stunt doubles "stunt devils." I thought it was "ultra-violent" instead of ultraviolet.
Master Markus 8 years ago
I thought it was "ultra-violent" for WAY too long because nobody explained why it would be thought of as "violet" and it might not have been "violent", but it did HURT people like violence...
Thegreatcountryofverden 7 years ago
Fun fact: Ultra-Violent is a color in The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.
#156
I used to think that all the old black and white photos of my family I used to see was because the world used to be black and white...
#157
For the longest time when I was a little kid I thought I could only eat soup while humming. I have no idea why I thought this (and it was only with soup, for some reason). I can't even imagine how annoying it must have been for anyone else eating with me, but one day I just realized I didn't have to hum and so I stopped.
#158
“…There was a commercial for glow-in-the-dark condoms claiming that they protected you in the bedroom and kept you safe… All I could imagine was this little glowing robot that sat on your bedroom floor at night.”
#159
“I used to think people got pregnant because the couple sat down together and had a special meal, like a special herb or root, which made the woman pregnant.”
#160
“When one of my friends was a kid, they thought a woman became pregnant when the dad elbowed the mom in the stomach. True story.”
#161
Growing up I knew this kid named Colin Crawford and he told everyone he was related to Cindy Crawford and we all just believed him.
BoredBunnies 8 years ago
I had a teacher that looked like me and we had the Sam least name. Everyone was convinced she was my mother. Just a complete coincidence.
Master Markus 8 years ago
I remember meeting a girl who said that the "Kelsey's" restaurant chain was named after her. I vaguely remember humouring her, though internally I was thinking the child equivalent of "Ah, f**k off".
#162
When I was kid I used to think sweatshops were gyms...haha.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
I thought sweatshops were woodworking shops that had no fan and every one working there sweat.
#163
I thought sex was when two adults just rubbed together naked and hoped that they got pregnant.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
Well if it was up to the girl it wouldn't happen but the guys just can't help it.
#164
That my future spouse would have as many spots on her face as the number of rice grains I did not finish eating on the plate...
#165
That all chicken nuggets were called "Chicken McNuggets".
#166
I was terrified of Charlie Chaplin. He was in my nightmares. I thought he was evil personified.
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
Must be that Moosh stash that that bad bad man had with the bad hair and a very stiff arm.
#168
That everyone is born a boy. If you were meant to be a girl then it would just change over time.
#169
Girls peed through their butt
#171
I thought that 911 was the number you called for fire/emergency because that was the temperature fire burned at (i.e 911 degrees farenheit).
#172
I thought the police didn't have to follow the law and could do whatever they want. My reasoning was they were the enforcers of the law so who would arrest them or whatever? I wondered why all the bad people didn't just become cops so they could do crimes with impunity.
#173
My brother's friend told me when I was little that he had once found a snail in the crust of his pizza, in one of those crust bubbles. For years after that, I carefully dissected every crust bubble before eating my pizza.
#174
I used to believe that my mother didn't sleep and that she was a super hero!
#175
When I went to my friends house they would have blue water in the toilet. I used to believe that it was the same thing as the pink goo from ghost busters!
#176
When people would talk about windchill, I thought they were saying "windshield" as in, don't touch the windshield of the car because it's a lot colder than the air.
#177
When I was a kid I thought there were little gnomes in the stoplights who changed the lights and controlled traffic at intersections.
#178
When I was a kid I was quite sure Asian people had narrower eyes because they were eating rice all the time, and their eyes took the shape of it. But that was a completely innocent opinion and I was okay with that explanation.
#179
I thought that when someone on TV would look into the camera they could see me! I also thought when watching the local weather and they showed the map on TV, if I went outside I would be seen!
#180
I believed the underground railroad was fully underground like, a massive network of underground tunnels...
#181
That if I didn't wash my hair squirrels will jump in it. Thanks mom.
#182
I thought the numbers between 199 and 1000 didn't exist. I'd count from 199 to 1000.
Carly Noelle 8 years ago
I thought the next thing after 100 was 200. It made sense. I vividly remember arguing with my brother over it.
meow point1 8 years ago
I remember arguing with a friend at school because she thought two halves equaled a quarter.
#183
I thought my stepdad was actually Michael J. Fox, and when he left on business trips he was really in Hollywood acting.
#184
I believed that Jesus died, rezzed 3 days later, went to heaven 3 days after that, and then came down to earth to become Santa Claus 3 days after that.
#185
When I was about 5, my dad told me and my cousins that the grease that allowed the van door to slide open was whale poop and we shouldn't touch it.
#186
My sister and I used to believe that Santa saw you through the light bulbs, and thats why he knew everything you did.
#187
When I was younger on my first Terry Fox Day, I couldn't grasp what cancer was so I thought that Terry fox had died from the run, not cancer; needless to say when we did the Terry Fox run that day at school I bawled my eyes out because I thought I was gonna die. I wasn't a smart kid lol.
Master Markus 8 years ago
I can't remember exactly what I thought about Terry Fox when I first heard of him, but I do remember being kind of confused by how he died simply because I didn't have a real idea of what cancer was beyond "a disease that can kill you".
#188
When I was a kid listening to Sublime, in the song "Garden Grove" there's a line in which he says "finding roaches in the pot"; I used to think he was talking about finding cockroaches in his cooking pots.
#189
I used to believe that when it rain it was because Jesus was Soo sad....until I learned of the water cycle...I felt so dumb.
#191
I thought that bank machines gave you as much money as you wanted for free. The only reason why not everyone in the world had infinite money was that credit cards were really really expensive.
#192
When my brother was about to be born, I had this strange notion that he would be Eskimo. I am white and live in the South.
#193
I actually used to think charcoal was better than propane. Just asinine, I tell'ya what.
#194
My mom told me when I was little if blacks and whites had kids they would have tails! Yeahhh my moms a racist.. Worst thing is I repeated it in 6th grade.
#195
When I was a kid I thought God was real...
Master Markus 8 years ago
Honestly, when I meet an adult who thinks that, I just think "Aren't you a little old to believe in fairytales? Have you even READ your book?"
Vivian Schiffer 3 years ago
omg shut up i’m catholic and in my religion God is real i’m so offended. just stop
For those curious about the myths that shape our imagination, understanding Greek mythology can shed light on the origins of humor and storytelling. While we laugh at children's quirky beliefs, the stories of ancient Greece offer a wealth of surprises that could rival any childhood folklore.
Dive into how mythology provides a charming backdrop for tales full of clever punchlines inspired by well-known deities and legendary figures.
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Skunk Drunk 8 years ago
When I was young, whenever my dad and I drove under a highway or tunnel while it was raining, my dad told me he could turn the rain on and off, and he'd clap his hands as he drove through the tunnel. Believed that beyond an acceptable age.
Jon Watts 8 years ago
My father told me stories about he did the same thing to my older sister.
Load More Replies... Miklós Nagy 8 years ago
When I gone to the church with my family as a kid and we put money into the coinbox I asked my grandma "if the church needs money why don't they just asking it from God?".
Doug Kirk 8 years ago
When I was a kid my dad broke his ankle. Came home in a cast. For several years I assumed he just went to the hospital and got a new foot put on. That's why he needed a cast. Naturally this carried over to all ailments. I believed if you got a headache you just went and got a new head. I was terrified of getting a headache because I liked my head.
Happy Ghost 8 years ago
As a kid I used to think that sex=gender (I learned about "having sex" later around the age of 12). I thought that women can get pregnant at any random time after marriage when spending a lot of time doing virtually anything with her partner, but she wouldn't know until like the third month. So people who have many children were simply lucky.
Muriel Sharkie 8 years ago
It was a long while before I finally figure our what they meant by *Guerrilla Warfare*...I couldn't grasp the concept of Gorilla's having a war....
Timothy D. 8 years ago
I used to think that rain was angels crying/peeing depending on my current mood and thunder was them shouting because they were angry at each other. I also breifly thought that snow was dandruff, until I learned what dandruff was and discovered how nasty that would be... I was a smart kid.
Daniëlle Raats 8 years ago
When I was younger It thought dogs with tails where girls. Because girls have ponytails. It did not occurred to me all dogs have tails :-S
Skunk Drunk 8 years ago
When I was young, whenever my dad and I drove under a highway or tunnel while it was raining, my dad told me he could turn the rain on and off, and he'd clap his hands as he drove through the tunnel. Believed that beyond an acceptable age.
Jon Watts 8 years ago
My father told me stories about he did the same thing to my older sister.
Load More Replies... Miklós Nagy 8 years ago
When I gone to the church with my family as a kid and we put money into the coinbox I asked my grandma "if the church needs money why don't they just asking it from God?".
Doug Kirk 8 years ago
When I was a kid my dad broke his ankle. Came home in a cast. For several years I assumed he just went to the hospital and got a new foot put on. That's why he needed a cast. Naturally this carried over to all ailments. I believed if you got a headache you just went and got a new head. I was terrified of getting a headache because I liked my head.
Happy Ghost 8 years ago
As a kid I used to think that sex=gender (I learned about "having sex" later around the age of 12). I thought that women can get pregnant at any random time after marriage when spending a lot of time doing virtually anything with her partner, but she wouldn't know until like the third month. So people who have many children were simply lucky.
Muriel Sharkie 8 years ago
It was a long while before I finally figure our what they meant by *Guerrilla Warfare*...I couldn't grasp the concept of Gorilla's having a war....
Timothy D. 8 years ago
I used to think that rain was angels crying/peeing depending on my current mood and thunder was them shouting because they were angry at each other. I also breifly thought that snow was dandruff, until I learned what dandruff was and discovered how nasty that would be... I was a smart kid.
Daniëlle Raats 8 years ago
When I was younger It thought dogs with tails where girls. Because girls have ponytails. It did not occurred to me all dogs have tails :-S
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