random beliefs

my mum used to say to me shut the door or you will let a draught in, but i thought she was saying giraffe, and i was terrified that giraffes must be on the loose and very dangerous!

Anon (from animals : general)

My mother used to say every morning that she had to " go put her face on" meaning her makeup. One day I asked her that if she was going to put on her face then what was that on her head!

Posie (from body functions : general)

I used to think anorexia was something to do with wearing an anorak.

Anon (from language : speaking)

when i was young i used to think that people on the tv lived inside it and if i went to close to it i would get sucked into the tv and be trapped forever.

amyc (from media : tv)

I thought there was a such thing as a writing stutter and people who had it would write things like "They went to the bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb-boat"

Nate (from language : reading)

I used to think the phrase "Cats have nine lives", meant the reincarnate nine times. So some things involving the phrase confused me.

GazBevMOO (from animals : cats and dogs)

When my sister was little, she thought that the designated hitter at a baseball game was the hitter that didn't drink!

Queeny (from the world : sport)

When I was a child I used to believe that only men would do the number two. I just couldn't imagine my mother doing that, so she and all women could only pee.

Alexandre (from body functions : weeing and pooing)

when i watched grandstand on a saturday, i used to think that if you came last in the 4th division at the end of the season, you would get releagated to the scottish first division

kernow (from the world : sport)

I thought Nazis were actually "not-sees" and called that because they could turn invisible, which I figured was why they were so dangerous

Anon (from the past : wars)