random beliefs

I used to believe that if I changed my clock it changed time for everyone. So I figured that if I didn't want to get up at 7 AM, I could just set the clock back to 6 AM and sleep another hour!

Laurie (from time : general)

It was the early 90s and women's shoulder pads were still a thing. One of my aunts always wore them, and I was scared of her because I thought her really pointy shoulders were part of her body!

Danielle (from people : appearance)

Because I thought there was no way my parents could afford that much wrapping paper I belived in father christmas for ages and ages

SillySally (from make-believe : father christmas)

When I'd see the ads for Greyhound on TV that said "Go Greyhound and leave the driving to us." I thought that meant that on other busses the passengers had to take turns driving.

Anon (from transport : buses)

My older sister used to tell me that the foam from the ocean was caused by fish vomit, I was about 10 when I realized she was pulling my leg.

Anon (from nature : water)

I used to believe that if you plugged an electrical extension cord into itself (instead of the wall outlet), that the electricity would go round and round inside the cord.

John (from science : technology)

I used to believe that a cow produced different kinds of liquids from every teat. There was light milk, whole milk, cream, and whiskey. Because that's what my dad told me.

Ellioth (from animals : general)

I believed till I was 8 that eggs grew on plants. It didn't help that dad used to hang his cleaned out eggshells on a plant in the garden.

Anon (from food : general)

I used to believe that salami was the meat from elephant's feet

Sarah (from food : general)

When I was about 7 or 8 we had neighbors and all the kids had red hair. They also ate Ketchup on EVERYthing, and I thought that was why they had red hair.

Judy (from body parts : hair)