When I was younger, I used to believe that Kidneys were really in your knees. I think up until about the fifth grade, i was under that impression. it was baddddd.

Britt

I used to think that my bones would wear out if I bent them too much. I guess I did not understand about joints. So at night, I would sleep with my arms and legs and back perfectly straight so that I would not wear out my bones. Now that I'm 65 with arthritis, I think maybe I was on to something.

Nancy

When I was little I used to think that men who had lost the hair on the top of their head had lost the top part of their head too and there was a danger that things might fall out if they leant over. It was for this reason that I refused to sit next to my Grandad at the dinner table.

Tamsin

My mother used to say, when we did something physically dangerous, "Stop that, or you'll break your neck." Since breaking things (like a toy) usually meant a part was completely separated from the rest, I pictured someone with a broken neck as having his head broken off. (Which puzzled me even more when I overheard the grown-ups talking about someone who was recuperating from a broken neck, since I figured no one could live after having their head broken off.)

I assumed the same principle applied to broken arms and legs; I was much relieved when a boy in school broke his arm and I saw that he hadn't become a one-armed boy.

Lochcarren

When I was sitting on the bed I was practicing my speech with my father and my older brother. I was only about 6 year olds. I forgot how this came up but someone said the word Anus...I have no idea why but I said, "Can you eat an Anus?" My brother and dad were laughing histerically. My dad hugged me and all he could say was,"I love you..." I'm 13 now and I know what an anus is. >.< I'll always remember that for my father died a few years ago. This just brings back the best of memorys.

Maggie

when i was little, my grandma would clean out my ears after i got of the shower with a q-tip. she told me that she had to get the "monkeys" out of my ears. when i went home the next day, i told my mom to clean the monkeys out of my ear an she seriously thouht there was something wrong with me. she even took me to a shrink. thanks grandma

monkey ears

When I was four, I used to believe that two little men lived inside my nose, so I stuck two M&M's up my nose to see if they would push them out, and they got stuck! I thought I killed them!

Anon

I used to believe that your elbow was called your 'Elbone'
Because it's a bone, and when you bend your arm inwards it looks like the letter 'L'

M

I'm not sure why, but when I was little, I used to believe that your chin was a beanbag, and if you ever cut it, all the little beans inside would come spilling out.

Freezair

I use to get really sea sick and puke on boat rides. My dad said when I got my "sea legs" it wouldn't happen anymore. I asked him how will I know I have sea legs? And he said "when I get hair on my legs". Now at 30, I have some damn hairy legs that I shave daily and I still puke on boats.

Suzy

When i was a kid one of my mom's friends had her arm amputated off at the elbow. It had healed up since the last time i saw here with the arm that it was a clean nub. I believed she could take her arm off and put it back on like a magic trick. Similar to the severed thumb trick.

Bart M

I thought your fingers would grow back if they got cut off

Nate

Having seen my tonsils I used to believe my throat was divided into two holes. One for food and one for drink. I never mixed food and water in my mouth in case they went down the wrong hole

johnboy

When I was young, I got in an accident and ended up with a CT scan. My dad told me that if I wasn't careful, he'd have to get my more brain fluid at the local drug store.

For years, I believed that brain fluid was available in a glass jar at the Walgreens down the street. We baffle other children all the time with that one now.

Anon

I once asked my dad why boys grew an adams apple and girls didn't. He said that when my brother gets to be a certain age he'll make him swallow an apple, it'll eventually shrink and get stuck there forever. I went and told my brother I was glad I was a girl!

Adams Apple

Every woman I looked at when I was little had their ears covered with their hear. I used to beleive all woman had no ears at all. That's why they covered them with their hair as they were embarrassed at not having ears.
I was quite surprised when I first saw a woman with ears!!!!!!!!!!

Beef.

When I was born, a friend of the family made me a blanket and gave me a teddy bear. I carried these with me every moment of my life until I went to kindergarten. The bear often required minor stitching from Mom "to keep his beans in," as she said. Well, I thought humans were filled with beans (that is, polystyrene pellets) too, and if you broke your leg, beans would come out too. (Blame my fear of breaking a leg on my ballerina sister.) Consequently, I developed a fear of walking down our spiral staircase, lest I slip through the stairs and fall to break my leg and spill my beans all over the floor.

Ashleigh

I used to think that if you didn't blow your nose and just sniffed the snot up, you head would blow up.

Anon

When I was about 5 years old I had this book called "The Human Body" its was almost as tall as me and said how your body worked ... all different parts .. it was really cool , but in it , it would show for example the muscles in your arm and they were represented by little strings/ropes and they were being pulled by little men in what looked like train conductor overalls , and in the brain there were some really stressed out people answering telephone calls from allover your body .... I beleived for acouple of years that this was true and that your body was controlled by little people ... some of whom were wearing little train conductor overalls << I felt VERY bad for the ones who I saw in the "waste removal" section who sorted your poop and pee into sections according to colour and contents with big metal spoons ....

Alanna

When I was small my sister told me she had a spare pair of legs which she used for sunbathing. She said she kept them under the bed and scerwed them on when she needed to.

jefnier