random beliefs

Car phones were just coming out when I was kid...I used to think that your lisence plate number was you car phone number so the people you met on th eroad could call you to chat.

Jenni (from science : telephones)

When my Fiancee was little her dad used to tell her she had to wash until she was "squeaky clean". She still uses her finger on her chest to see if it squeaks. She's 29.

Fondofclean (from body parts : general)

My eldest brother convinced me that as bees made honey, wasps made jam conserves - I still 30 years later have a sneaking suspicion that it's true

Ian Martin (from animals : creepy crawlies)

You had to wait an hour after eating ANYTHING, even one M&M, before swimming.

Anon (from body functions : eating)

Up until I was about 10 I thought second hand smoke was when a poor person picked up the butt of a cigarette from the ground and smoked it.

Rosebud (from bad habits : smoking)

I used to believe that you were married to anyone that you loved. I used to tell my mom all the time that me and her were married. :) I was around 4 or 5..

Emily M (from grown-ups : marriage)

I used to believe that if you put cow poo on your face, it would get rid of my freckles.

Col x (from body parts : general)

I used to believe that waffles were made by tiny elves scooping holes out of pancakes. I also thought that's where doughnut holes came from.

Breakfastlover (from food : general)

I thought that the time duration listed after a song on a record (e.g., 3:30) referred to the time of day the song was recorded.

Umbaba (from music : songs)

I used to believe that if a town or city were 'twinned', they would be identical, ie if I went to the French town twinned with my home town it would have the same layout - streets, shops, etc!!!!

Anon (from the world : places)