What's the dumbest/funniest misconception you had as a child?

[MAME]

I actually believed in a god/higher being because I didn't know any better (and they lied to me at church :|:|:|:|). Holy crap was that dumb.

 

[myusername]

Originally posted by: InstincT
You know when you stare at something white or light... you see those little things floating around within your vision? well I used to think those were atoms hehe.

White blood cells

 

[EarthwormJim]

When I was little still learning how to speak, my Dad got the funny idea to tell me horses were fish and fish were horses. So every time I would see a horse I would shout fish, and the opposite for fish. It wasn't till I was around 5 that I told that a horse is actually called a horse, and a fish is actually called a fish.

I used to also think punks with mohawks were horses (this was of course after learning that a horse is a horse...).

 

[nageov3t]

I think this is an understandable misconception... it's just a misunderstanding between causitive and corealtive (sp).

before every turn the car made, I saw the blinker lights flashing. since I was in the back seat, I couldn't see my dad flicking them on and off... I had it in my head that the car knew where we were going, and that the car was signaling to my dad where to turn

 

[Lawrencetan21]

I though that the sky were made out of jello and if I shoot it with a sling shot hard enought some of the jello would fall down for me to eat.

 

[JYDog]

I thought tv commercial actors were aliens in disguise as humans.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: JYDog
I thought tv commercial actors were aliens in disguise as humans.

sounds pretty accurate to me...

 

[CptObvious]

I was a sucker for advertising. I remember a Pops cereal commercial where some kids flick the 'o' on the front of the cereal box and the cereal explodes out of the box. My sister and I spent maybe half an hour taking turns flicking the box until our mom stopped us. Also I remember a Stride Rite shoe commercial where they showed different shoe styles, and each one had a special power (e.g. jump super high, walk on walls). I tried to convince my mom to buy me a pair of the wall-walking shoes, but she wouldn't.

Re: baby-making, I got into an argument with this other kid in 3rd grade about whether you had to be married in order to have kids. I said you didn't, but other kids got involved and they all sided with him. We went and asked the teacher and the porker told everyone that he was right and I was wrong. I can't believe that shiet

 

[Mill]

The drinking and driving thing of course. I also believed that people that smoked went to hell!

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb
That carebears really were on clouds!

aaaaaaah the memories! When I was on an airplane, I also told my mom "look, there is a carebear!" and I really believed it haha

 

[sparkyclarky]

I was told that eating Parsley (the garnish often seen on nice restaurant dishes) helped a person to grow a beard. So, for many years, I ate the stuff. It was quite a while before I realized that it apparently has no beard growing benefits. Although, I do have a decent beard now....HMMMMMM

And believing that only men could be doctors and only women nurses. I absolutely insisted on this in class once and it got me in a spot of trouble

 

[element]

I saw an advertisement for some toy and underneath it said "available (date)" such as "available 3/7" or something like that. i asked my dad what available meant. He said, that's expensive.

For the longest time, I thought the word available meant expensive!

 

[Whisper]

Dunno if it's been posted yet or not...but I remember the first time I heard someone say they needed to quit drinking (it was a TV drama). I thought they meant they had to quit drinking EVERYTHING. I asked my mom how he was supposed to live.

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: MAME
I actually believed in a god/higher being because I didn't know any better (and they lied to me at church :|:|:|:|). Holy crap was that dumb.

Where is the misconception there?

Dunno what they said to you that was a lie, but as far as I believe, God DOES exist.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Jero

Originally posted by: MAME
I actually believed in a god/higher being because I didn't know any better (and they lied to me at church :|:|:|:|). Holy crap was that dumb.

Where is the misconception there?

Dunno what they said to you that was a lie, but as far as I believe, God DOES exist.

please keep Religion out of this thread, thank you.

 

[Gurck]

Just thought of another one... I used to think that outfielders in baseball were just practicing, and that the only guys actually playing were the infielders, pitcher, batter, and catcher.. of course this is understandable as they used to get back to the game in time to see the outfielders who were taking the field finish up throwing the ball around to each other.. now the greed has gotten to the point where they cut back from commercials JUST as the pitcher's hand is about to release the ball :|

 

[fredtam]

When I was in first grade a girl had me convinced that the water fountains in the third grade hall had kool-aid in them.

 

[AzNmAnJLH]

Originally posted by: BladeWalker

Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb
That carebears really were on clouds!

Now we know they actually live in caves like other bears.

I actually thought that in the past there were no colors because old movies were always in B&W.

You're not alone, I thought the world was like Pleasantville before 1960.

 

[jdiddy]

On the first day of elementary school when the teacher said no cursing I thought she meant no witchcraft type stuff, I did'nt want to go to school the next day in fear of being turned into a frog.

 

[MillionaireNextDoor]

That Afghanistan might be a nice place to live in. Really.

 

[Ikonomi]

Really great thread. Awesome stuff. :beer:

The only one I can think off right now... Whenever I'd ride in the car and hear the "thump thump" of the wheels going over the seams between concrete slabs in the road, I thought each set of thumps was a gallon of gas emptying from the gas tank. You know, like the glug-glug sound you get when you try to pour out a jug of water quickly.

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: CptObvious
I was a sucker for advertising. I remember a Pops cereal commercial where some kids flick the 'o' on the front of the cereal box and the cereal explodes out of the box. My sister and I spent maybe half an hour taking turns flicking the box until our mom stopped us. Also I remember a Stride Rite shoe commercial where they showed different shoe styles, and each one had a special power (e.g. jump super high, walk on walls). I tried to convince my mom to buy me a pair of the wall-walking shoes, but she wouldn't.

Re: baby-making, I got into an argument with this other kid in 3rd grade about whether you had to be married in order to have kids. I said you didn't, but other kids got involved and they all sided with him. We went and asked the teacher and the porker told everyone that he was right and I was wrong. I can't believe that shiet

I think Keds made you walk on walls...I used to believe that, and wanted a pair of Keds just for that.

 

[Doggiedog]

I always wondered why people drove in between the dashed lines on the highway.

I thought you were supposed to align the hood ornament with the dashed lines.

Edit: Also, I thought girls never farted.

 

[edro]

I thought there were 2 different moons... a Crescent Moon and a Full Moon. I guess I didn't realize all the other phases...

 

[Aharami]

i used to think that if i swalloed any kind of seed a plant would grow out of my head.

that u get taller if u jumped...so i'd jump up and down for hours