Childish Misconceptions

[Hillbeans]

OMG! I'm laughing so hard I'm going to pee! Oh wait...I'd better not!

LOL, isn't that the funniest thing??? How embarassing.

 

[always quiet]

I used to think that George Washington was killed by getting sucked into the escalator....don't know where I got that idea from!!

 

[Forevryoung]

These are great-

My sister used to think that when people died they went to Macy's (became maniquens) She was little then.

When she was a little older (around 13 or so) she thought that the signs by the hospital doors (the donation plaques) were the names of people who had DIED in those rooms. My grandfather's room's plaque had four names on it and she was worried the room was jinxed!

 

[leighe]

These are so cute. Here's mine.

My great-grandfather died right before I was born and so everyone always told me that Daddy White was in heaven. Well, my great-grandmother had this picture of him standing in front of one of those round metal grain bins - he was a farmer. That's the only picture I had ever seen of him so I thought that those grain bins were where heaven was. I never told anybody so out loud or asked about it but I always wondered why heaven was on Daddy Paul's (my grandfather) farm!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

That when my mom was born in the 50s...color didn't exist in the world. Afterall...Leave it to Beaver was black and white.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

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.

I went a step further--see above post (oops--on previous page)

 

[Aurora63]

Gosh, I have a bunch...

I used to worry about my hair a lot. I thought something bad would happen to my head if it wasn't parted perfectly in the middle. I remember asking my sister to check if "any hair from this side was on that side."

I also had trouble folding my hands. On the first day of kindergarten, my teacher told everyone to sit quietly and fold your hands. So, I'm looking at my hands, thinking about how you fold paper, wondering how you could fold your hands, and then pressing down on my fingers to try to fold them. Then I looked around at all the other kids and figured it out.

I thought that all old people were 100 years old. Once, it was my grnadma's birthday, so I naturally assumed she was turning 100. Being only 66, she was a little upset.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

When I was little....I wondered how grocery stores and other stores knew how much money you saved. I mean--save 50 cents. Well how would they know how much money you started out with to know that you would have precisely 50 cents "saved" (left over). Those stores knew way too much.

 

[MidNite]

ROFL!
I'm so glad I started this thread. I'm laughing so hard.

Another two:

I used to think stuffed animals had feelings and I would treat them as kindly as a person or live animal. I would never "hurt" them! This came from watching a movie about a giant stuffed Snoopy.

And, I used to think that the gently rolling hillsides along roadways were dinosaur bones covered in dirt.

 

[jennyl772003]

Mr. Rogers told me it was not possible to be sucked down the shower drain.

From that moment on, both me and my sister had to have completely exited the tub before I would allow my mom to pull the drain plug. I did not believe Mr Rogers one bit.

 

[luvmydogs]

...I used to think stuffed animals had feelings and I would treat them as kindly as a person or live animal. I would never "hurt" them...

I am 38 years old, and I *still* think this.

 

[jennyl772003]

Oh! I remembered another one. My mom had made some curtains for my bedroom. For some reason, the design on the curtains reminded me of monsters (trust me, this was a stretch) and I was deathly afraid that when I wasn't looking these monsters would come out of the curtains and eat me.

Add to this that my bed was right under the window. I was afraid to sleep and would be clinging to the very edge of the bed to stay far away from the monsters.

My mom felt SOOOO bad when I finally shared this with her.

 

[The Wolf]

I went a step further--see above post (oops--on previous page)

That's exactly how i felt and I thought they must have to remember exactly were they lived if all the doors were only three colours, black, white or grey.

 

[mskani]

I grew up in Chicago and my uncle (mom's baby brother, who is only 11 years older than me) used to tell me that monsters lived in the subway. It wasn't a stretch because if you have ever ridden the subway, when the train descends into the tunnel, it makes a horrible sound--like screaming monsters.

I was another one who believed that all cats were female and all dogs were male.

I believed that people on TV could see me.

And my favorite...

You know the prayer that is taught to all little kids before eating: "God is great, God is good, Let us thank Him for our food. Amen. I thought that they were saying "God is grape"

 

[Jcricket Fan]

When riding in the car with my parents I always assumed that the person driving could see better then everyone else in the car.....even when it was bad out....snowing, heavy rain the driver could see the road even when I couldn't.
I was sooooo shocked as I got older to understand that...no, in fact the driver can't see in bad weather any better then anyone else in the car!

Colleen

 

[Rutt and Tuke]

When I was little and would go to church and hear how strongly they felt against euthanasia, I wondered what they had against young kids in Asia.

 

[PoohnPglet]

These are too funny!

Speaking of watching people in old films, I always thought people in the 1900 - 20's (ish) moved all fast and jerky. I was well into my teens before I realized it was the film quality!

On a personal note, when I was born until about 11, I was very sick all the time and so very small and skinny. People used to tell me all the time "You are so skinny, a strong gust of wind is going to come and blow you away!" I used to cry in fear whenever I had to go outside and the wind was blowing. My mother finally had to tell everyone to knock it off. To this day, many years and (let's be honest!) many pounds later, I STILL do not like being out in the wind.

 

[SDFgirl]

I remember thinking that checks were just free money. I couldn't understand when my mom said we didn't have the money for something - geez, Lady, just write a check! You have a whole checkbook in there!

It was a surprise to find out that the checks actually took money out of your bank account!!!

 

[MidNite]

When I was little and would go to church and hear how strongly they felt against euthanasia, I wondered what they had against young kids in Asia.

Gilda Radner.

 

[monarchsfan16]

When I was younger I was always watching the soap operas with my mom. I think that's how I can explain this one: When I was real young (ok until I was 12 and got the Talk), I thought babies were made when a man and a woman did some "serious kissing". A little kissing was ok, but "serious kissing" would form the baby I think it's because in soap opera land one day they show 2 people heavy duty kissing, (or that's what it looks like when you're young), and the next they're announcing they're pregnant.
My sister's though is better. Her's was uhhh corrected last summer (she was 13). She thought Viagra was for constipation. Even better she announced this as we were driving back to the hotel from dinner on a vacation. Stepdad nearly drove off the road