random beliefs

One time when I was doing spelling homework and my dad was correcting it I said "I'm sure I got all the right letters in the words even if they aren't in the right order" That did NOT work!

Alberto Richardson (from language : spelling)

When I was little, my dad told me that if I were to put salt on a deer's tail that I could catch it, and keep it as a pet.

Anon (from animals : general)

I used to believe that if you reversed the radio plug in the socket the music and words would come out upside down and backwards.

Chris Morris (from media : radio)

Everyone in my family wears glasses, and they love to read. So, when I was little, I used to believe glasses allowed to read. I always wanted to go to the optic in hopes of getting mine.

Anon (from language : reading)

When I was little my mom told me that 'thousand island salad dressing' was made by taking the belly button lint out of people's belly buttons on an island far away.

Sammy D (from body parts : belly buttons)

I used to think that if you could somehow get your hand to take a picture with a camera while you were dreaming, the picture would be from your dream world when you developed it.

Anon (from body functions : sleeping)

When I was younger, I would look at the papers on my Dad's desk. When I saw the contributions to his IRA (Individual Retirement Account), I thought he was giving money to the Irish Republican Army.

Anon (from grown-ups : work)

My cousin told me there was a button in London which only the Queen could press and it would blow up the world. I prayed for a very long time that the queen would not get angry!!

sarathesimpson (from the world : politics)

I thought that anything that wasn't explicitly food was poisonous up until I was about nine, when my dad told me that only a few things are poisonous.

Anon (from food : dangerous food)

My brother told me that if you stared into the sun long enough, you would get x-ray vision. I believed him, and I will probably go blind someday from it.

Liz (from body functions : special powers)