Childish Misconceptions

[MidNite]

When I was about three years old, I thought if you cut a person down the middle they would look the same as the inside of an apple.

Also, about that same age, my grandmother used to always tell me to "hold on with one hand" when climbing a ladder or a tree. So, I took it as to hold on with only one hand. There I was, diligently swaping hand to hand whenever I was climbing. It's a wonder I didn't break my neck! It was years before I figured out the true meaning. No, I wasn't the brightest bulb in the pack.

Do you remember any of your own childhood misconceptions?

 

[Barb D]

I thought that if a child got hit by a car, they got squashed FLAT. I remember that I had a recurring nightmare as a small child that our school had doors leading directly onto the busy street, and I was terrified that I would get squashed if I stepped outside.

 

[MinnieM21]

My dad went through the drive thru at McDonalds and ordered a coke. I freaked out because I thought he was drinking and driving.
Hey, I was only little!

 

[powellrj]

My dad went through the drive thru at McDonalds and ordered a coke. I freaked out because I thought he was drinking and driving.
Hey, I was only little!

My oldest DS did that one at school, he annouced to his class that his mom drinks and drives all the time!!! Finally they got the story straight and realized he was talking about soda and the drive-thru window!!

 

[Charade]

You people are a weird.

 

[MidNite]

ROFL! Oh I'm crying laughing.

 

[The Wolf]

When I was little I used to think when watching black and white films how boring the world must have been that all the clothes were grey, black and white.

Also not myself but after my 9 year old cousin went to her first "real" party many years ago she came back and announced to my auntie when asked what they had done "we just stood around having oral sex" apparently my auntie had told her in a previous conversation to defelect a difficult answer that oral sex was talking about it.

 

[cinmell]

I used to think there were people inside the car radio. Hey, how else would we hear all the talking and singing in the car?

 

[The Wolf]

You mean there aren't?

I always take corners steady so the little people don't fall over and hurt themselves.

 

[swilphil]

I thought that since Adam and Eve were the first two people, then everybody in the world is related to each other. Ya know, that we are all cousins, a billion times removed.

 

[Blondy876]

I remember being home sick from school when I was about 9 years old and coming to the realization that the outside world didn't stop when I wasn't there. I actually thought that there was no TV and that my parents were basically on "pause" until I showed up again . Sad really. I can still remember laying in bed and flipping channels on the TV and being annoyed that there were shows on, since normally I would have been at school. How dare the world continue when I was stuck at school.

 

[mtemm]

when I was around 3 my mom was talking with a neighbor and asking her to watch me and my younger sister because she had to run and pick up my older sister from school. she was afraid that she would get stuck in the rain.

I was absolutely certain that if my sister was walking home from school and it started raining that she would get stuck to the sidewalk and not be able to move.

I won't even go into how freaked out I was when I learned a year or so later that my older sister would be "flying up" in girl scouts from a brownie to a junior. That one totally worried me to death. lol.

 

[SDFgirl]

For a long time, I would eat all my ice cream but throw the cone away because I thought it was made out of wood.

I also remember my mom telling me "Your cousin Meredith did this" or "Today we are visiting cousin David." I KNEW that they were MY cousins - but was shocked to find out that I was also THEIR cousin!!! Whoa!

 

[luvmydogs]

I used to think I was Chinese because my name is Kim.

 

[MinnieM21]

I used to think I was Chinese because my name is Kim.

That's so hilarious.

 

[cinmell]

You mean there aren't?

I always take corners steady so the little people don't fall over and hurt themselves.

 

[Strawberry Lemonade]

I used to think that the trees moving was what made the wind blow. I also thought that the purpose of salt was to cool food down.

Up until I was about 12 or 13, I thought the "PED XING" (pedestrian crossing) roadsign was a secret code you found out about once you got your driver's license.

 

[Milla Jovovich]

My dad went through the drive thru at McDonalds and ordered a coke. I freaked out because I thought he was drinking and driving.
Hey, I was only little!

I thought that too!
Milla

 

[pw2pp]

after my 9 year old cousin went to her first "real" party many years ago she came back and announced to my auntie when asked what they had done "we just stood around having oral sex" apparently my auntie had told her in a previous conversation to defelect a difficult answer that oral sex was talking about it.

LOL!

I LOVE this thread!
I can't think of any right now, but I'm sure I'll come up with something.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

When I was little, I would sneak and eat spoonfuls of raw sugar. My mother told me not to do that because I would get worms. I don't know how many kids I told that to only to find out my mother made it up