i used to believe

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When I was young, I really used to believe that 'R.I.P.' (on a gravestone) meant 'Return If Possible.'

Colin (from death : people)
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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)
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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)
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because i always saw a lot of birds perched on telephone lines, i used to believe that they were built so that the birds could rest

Anon (from animals : birds)
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my best friend once told me that birds didnt get electrocuted when they sat on pylons because they hopped from foot to foot very quikly.

farber (from animals : birds)
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When I was little I thought grilled cheese sandwiches were called girled cheese sandwiches and told my little brother that he couldn't eat them. He could have boy'd cheese sandwiches.

Mandy (from food : general)
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When I was little my dad told me that grasshopper cookies were really made of grasshoppers so I would NEVER touch his cookies.

TH (from food : general)
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Here's a really funny one: I used to think that when you got up on a plane to go to the loo, the pilot would stop the plane in mid-air until you're out again.

Natasha (from transport : aeroplanes)
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When I was four, by best friend from preschool called me selfish. I was convinced that I was some weird species of fish.

Kate (from language : speaking)
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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)
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