More Fluff ~ Silly things you thought as a kid.

[CathrynRose]

My girlfriend had me LAUGHING this afternoon. She said when she was younger, waaay younger, she thought the songs on the radio ~ that the bands were all there. Lined up, waiting to play.

Journey plays Wheel in the Sky, finishes up passes Elton John in the hall, ready to play Benny and the Jets, and Captain and Tennile in the line behind him. LOL! I couldn't stop giggling. Kids....

I remember seeing on toilet paper "safe for septic systems". I thought a septic system was like a disorder. "I have a septic system.... I'll be bringing my own TP, unless yours is safe?"

What silly stuff did you think?

 

[brasswillow]

I thought that when a TV show said it was filmed "live in front of a studio audience" that they filmed the show every time it aired, like a play.

I thought that when a road had a sign that said "No Outlet" it meant that they didn't have electricity and could never figure out why they would advertise something like that.

 

[golfgal]

I thought husbands had to be taller then their wives and they had to be older....because all of my parents friends fit that mold

 

[indimom]

I couldn't remember any of my own right now, but I remember a couple from my own kids.

I've worked from home since my kids were quite young. So, my kids grew up with mom working and living in the same place.

We were at WalMart one day and my daughter (possibly Kindergarten age?) asked me "Where do they sleep?" I didn't understand what she was talking about so I asked a few questions and finally realized she thought all the WalMart employees lived and worked in the building. She wanted to know where their beds were. It took some explaining to make her understand that they drive there every day and then drive back home to their family each night.

I've told this story before, and had teacher friends confirm that some of their young students think they live at school also.

I also remember my son watching a cartoon once (and he wasn't THAT young, maybe 5-6?) and asking me "how they got that dog to do that." Even though it was a cartoon and clearly NOT a real dog, he still seemed to think the dog had to be trained to perform whatever was going on in the show. I was awed that at his age he still couldn't differentiate between "real" and "make believe." I hopped on the computer and found a site that could explain how cartoons are made and that all the images he sees on the TV were just drawings (thank goodness for the internet ). He was pretty amazed.

 

[Pikester]

I thought that those darn scrubbing bubbles really did come out of the can and scrub the toilet. I was so disappointed the first time my mom spent the extra money to get the cleaning spray and all that came out was white foam.

I thought that having a doorbell and a dishwasher meant you were rich. We had relatives that were well off and they had those things. I am in no way rich but I do have a dishwasher now. No doorbell though.

I thought that when you were watching a tv show and had to leave you could shut off the tv and the show would freeze there until you came back and turned it on.

 

[kacaju]

I thought I had to marry someone 2 years older then me since that was the age difference in my parents!! AlsoI thought you had to find someone whose Birthday was next to your. My Dad was Sept 8th and Mom is Sept 9th.

 

[whoiam]

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[AnnieEMT]

I thought that when you were watching a tv show and had to leave you could shut off the tv and the show would freeze there until you came back and turned it on.

That was exactly what I thought!! I remember having to leave the house when Zoom was on once, and I was devastated to find out that it didn't wait for me!

 

[SLK1]

I wouldn't eat brownies with nuts in them because I thought they were rocks.

 

[mtemm]

I thought all dogs were boys and cats were girls

I thought that cartoons were made with real people dressed in costume (or animal suits like they wore at amusement parks, depending on the cartoon) and filmed with a special film that made them look like cartoons.

 

[CajunMomof3]

I have to blame both of these on my parents:

I thought puppies got worms if you held them too much- a statement my dad made multiple times to get us to give a new pet a break!

I thought brussels sprouts were the food of royalty- an attempt by my mom to get us to try new vegtables.

I figured the brussels sprouts one out pretty early on (like high school history class), but I was married before my husband set me straight on the worms thing!!

 

[maslex]

I use to think that the sign next to the commuter parking that said "park and ride" meant that it was an amusement "park" and that you could you go in there and "ride" the rides. LOL

I was born in June and I had an aunt who was born in July (she was clearly older than me by like 20 years) but I couldn't understand why I wasn't older than her.....I mean, my birthday came BEFORE her's.


I remember when my youngest was about 4-5yrs old (about 10yrs ago) he would always come up to me and ask if he could watch a certain show that night. When I asked what time it came on, he would always say "8/7 central" LOL

 

[PUZZLDY5]

I thought that the airplane trails is what made the clouds.

To go along with the walmart one earlier. When I was little I thought those little half beds that were in department stores was where the people slept at night and I remember thinking I would never get a job there when I grew up because I was to tall for the beds.

 

[Wall-E1]

I thought dogs and cats were the same species - all dogs were boys and all cats were girls.

 

[AshleyW]

When I was around 8-ish, one of my favorite songs was "Better Man" by Pearl Jam... except I thought they were saying "Butter Man". I thought a butter man was like a milk man... delivered butter to your house, and this poor lady couldn't find anyone to bring her butter!

 

[daughtersrus]

I thought that if you turned off the tv, the show would be in the same spot when you turned it back on. Little did I know that 40 years later there would be something called a DVR that would actually pause the tv show.

 

[mom2rb]

My grandfather worked at the Goodyear plant. He did shift work. When he was on the graveyard shift, I thought that he had to work in the cemetery where they buried Goodyear employees when they died.

 

[SC Minnie]

My girlfriend had me LAUGHING this afternoon. She said when she was younger, waaay younger, she thought the songs on the radio ~ that the bands were all there. Lined up, waiting to play.

Journey plays Wheel in the Sky, finishes up passes Elton John in the hall, ready to play Benny and the Jets, and Captain and Tennile in the line behind him. LOL! I couldn't stop giggling. Kids....

I thought the same thing until I was about 10 or so.

 

[shaylyn]

My memory stretches back to when I was between the ages of 2-3

I can remember thinking there were tiny people who worked inside the street lights. They would decide when the light needed to change to red and they would flip switches to change the colors of the lights

 

[SaraJayne]

I used to think Draft horses were "giraffe" horses.

You know the highway sign that says JCT whatever road? I used to think that meant Jackson County Traffic (the county I grew up in).