http://www.iusedtobelieve.comA funny and bizarre collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children.en-us (c) Mat Connolley, www.iusedtobelieve.comhttp://www.iusedtobelieve.com/images/rss_image.gifhttp://www.iusedtobelieve.com12031A funny and bizarre collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children.http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/feeds/Sat, 1 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0100Welcome to the I Used To Believe Latest beliefs RSS feed! Here you can read all the latest beliefs as they appear on the site. For information on other great feeds you can get, visit www.iusedtobelieve.com/feeds/http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/animals/general/2012-01-12T16:09:43+00:00At home when I was bored, my mother would tell me to go outside and lay on the ground because I might be able to see Pegasus, the mythological Greek flying horse. So I'd lay out in the yard all day looking up at the sky for Pegasus and being very quiet so not to scare him away. I just knew he'd fly by at any time. - Submitted by NikkiThu, 12 Jan 2012 16:09:43 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/animals/birds/2012-01-12T16:06:29+00:00As a child with nothing to do, my mother would give me a salt shaker and tell me if I could put salt on a bird's tail, I could catch it. I spent many days running around trying to put salt on a bird's tail and never succeeded. - Submitted by NikkiThu, 12 Jan 2012 16:06:29 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/grown_ups/marriage/2012-01-12T15:24:59+00:00I used to think that my 2 girl friends and I would get married and then we'd have 2 travel campers. One camper would be for my 2 girlfriends and I to live and sleep in and the other camper would be where our husband's lived and slept. I was about 6 years old. - Submitted by NikkiThu, 12 Jan 2012 15:24:59 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/at_home/bathrooms/2012-01-12T14:20:30+00:00I used to believe that I could take a bath and talk into the water spout and anyone else taking a bath could hear me. - Submitted by NikkiThu, 12 Jan 2012 14:20:30 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/language/speaking/2012-01-12T12:21:39+00:00As a kid, I used to believe that you have a limited amount of words you could use in your lifetime, so I had to be carefull of talking too much, or I would be silent when I was 20. My parents wondered why I didn't much as a child. How relieved I was when I realized that I could talk as much as I liked! - Submitted by HeidrunThu, 12 Jan 2012 12:21:39 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/nature/thunder_and_lightning/2012-01-12T11:37:05+00:00LOVED this site! My Mom used to set up our plastic bowling pin set in the long hallway in our house when it was storming, and when we heard thunder it was because an angel had bowled a strike! Years later I learned she did it because she was frightened by storms. - Submitted by SueB of Blondin BlogsThu, 12 Jan 2012 11:37:05 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/kids/im_different/2012-01-12T01:31:59+00:00When I was little I wore those itchy pajama shirts, I had one with miss piggy on it and one night it was cold outside and I was snuggled in the blankets while wearing it and static electricity kept causing blue sparks and electricity type noises. So i and cried thinking I was a robot. My mom laughed at me. I was terrified! - Submitted by DeannaThu, 12 Jan 2012 01:31:59 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/media/radio/2012-01-11T19:53:11+00:00I used to believe that when a song came on the car radio, the band was sitting on top of our van. - Submitted by AnonWed, 11 Jan 2012 19:53:11 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/body_parts/belly_buttons/2012-01-11T19:52:12+00:00When my baby sister was first born (and I was 4), my older sister convinced me that she was an alein because she had an "out-ie" belly button - Submitted by AnonWed, 11 Jan 2012 19:52:12 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/body_parts/eyes/2012-01-11T18:53:07+00:00I used to believe that if someone hit you on your back when you're eyes were wide open your eyes would pop out of their sockets. - Submitted by Scared little sisterWed, 11 Jan 2012 18:53:07 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/body_functions/weeing_and_pooing/2012-01-11T18:19:31+00:00My mother had convinced my brother and me that, if we played with fire during the day, we would wet our beds at night... we would laugh at her, but you wouldn't catch us playing with matches if our lives depended on it...! - Submitted by GeorgeWed, 11 Jan 2012 18:19:31 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/transport/cars/2012-01-11T18:17:38+00:00I believed my mom controlled the speed of our car by how much she moved the steering wheel. Not much movement = Fast. Lots of movement = Slow. I was terribly disappointed when I shared this finding with her and she told me about the gas pedal. - Submitted by MichelleWed, 11 Jan 2012 18:17:38 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/at_home/around_the_house/2012-01-11T18:09:57+00:00I believed you ran the vacuum to cut the carpet and used the lawn mower to smooth out the grass. - Submitted by MichelleWed, 11 Jan 2012 18:09:57 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/people/appearance/2012-01-11T17:21:34+00:00I used to believe that you chose what ethnicity you wanted to be when you grew up. I'm white, and when I was little I wanted to grow up to be Asian. I was really disappointed when I found out I'd always be a white girl! - Submitted by RobinWed, 11 Jan 2012 17:21:34 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/nature/thunder_and_lightning/2012-01-11T17:00:02+00:00I used to beleive that Lightening was the angels fliping the light switch on and off, and the Thunder was God yelling at them not too, like my Dad did to me. - Submitted by CherWed, 11 Jan 2012 17:00:02 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/food/general/2012-01-11T16:59:08+00:00I used to believe ham came from hamsters. What's worse is I was totally fine with eating it! - Submitted by KaraWed, 11 Jan 2012 16:59:08 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/body_parts/general/2012-01-11T16:58:08+00:00I used to believe that after a person had surgery the surgeon would run them under a giant sewing machine to stich them together again - Submitted by MakennaWed, 11 Jan 2012 16:58:08 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/nature/weather/2012-01-11T16:37:09+00:00We were always told that lightning was God's fireworks; no fear to be had. Like then, still love a good lightning storm. - Submitted by BrendaWed, 11 Jan 2012 16:37:09 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/kids/toys/2012-01-11T16:29:24+00:00When I was small, I used to believe that my stuffed animals would have hurt feelings if I didn't tuck them into bed with me. I had a dozen or so . . . tried to set up a rotating schedule. It didn't work because CLEARLY Blue Bunny was on the verge of tears. Cleo too. . . and Grandpa Monkey. Uncle Monkey didn't look very happy either. Ended up tucking them all into bed and Mum found me curled up on my bed-side mat. - Submitted by TaraWed, 11 Jan 2012 16:29:24 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/transport/road_signs/2012-01-11T15:51:03+00:00In the town where I lived there were freeway exits named after states "Pennsylvania" "Virginia". I used to believe that when you got to that exit you were in that state. - Submitted by ChristineWed, 11 Jan 2012 15:51:03 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/school/teachers/2012-01-11T15:32:13+00:00I used to believe that the school bus was really the school, and the teacher drove it. I thought they just drove around all day learning things. - Submitted by CarlyWed, 11 Jan 2012 15:32:13 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/people/lies/2012-01-11T12:07:04+00:00I believed that when you lied, a silver screwdriver would shoot out of Heaven and unscrew your bellybutton and your BUTT would FALL OFF, and you’d be SHOWN to be a liar! How did I come up with that one? I didn’t– MOM told me that, and I believed her. Asked when I was grown up why she told me that, and she said, “Well, Suzi, whenever you were trying to lie to me, the first thing you did was cover your stomach”. Yup, my Mom! - Submitted by MaytagWed, 11 Jan 2012 12:07:04 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/transport/cars/2012-01-11T08:52:47+00:00when we first got a car with electric windows, my sister and i coulnt figure out how the windows went down. my dad told us that they were voice activated.you just had to say "windows down" and windows up". he would say it and then at the same time, press the button. my sister and i tried for ages to get the windows down by voice, and he kept telling us we were saying it wrong. - Submitted by caraWed, 11 Jan 2012 08:52:47 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/transport/cars/2012-01-11T08:49:42+00:00when i was little i didnt realise that the rounded lines on the windscreen of the car were from the windscreen wipers. i asked my dad what they were from and he told me it was the reflection of the mountains. - Submitted by caraWed, 11 Jan 2012 08:49:42 +0000http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/neighbourhood/in_the_street/2012-01-11T08:47:53+00:00i asked my dad who turned on the street lights at night and he told me it was the man at parramatta. all through my childhood i believed that a man sitting in a room at parramatta would turn on all the light switches every night. - Submitted by caraWed, 11 Jan 2012 08:47:53 +0000