I thought that hot water couldn't put out fires.

Matt

I used to think that the "speed of light" was the speed of the light going from the switch to the lamp when you turned it on. I was with my parents in a lousy hotel once, and the light in the bathroom would take four or five seconds to turn on since I had pressed the button, so I thought "hey, the speed of light is really low here".

Felipe

I used to think that little bakers lived in the toaster who baked the bread and pushed it back up.

Karen K

I used to think that filling a plastic bag with air took away the gravity inside.
I spent many hours at my grandmothers testing this theory with a plastic sandwich bag and a ten cent coin.

Lumpen

I always got confused when I watched movies with pepole jumping of trains or cars that was moving. Thats because I thought that if I just stepped of I woudld immediatley stand still, not faling and hurt myself. Because it was the cars or train that was moving, I just sat there...

Krickan

I went for a short time as a child beleiving that I should be able to support myself on something I was holding up: take a metal pole, hold it behind your back horizontally, crouch slightly as if sitting on it then try to lift your feet off the ground. Even though I tried and failed, I was convinced I just wasn't doing it right.

Melville

I used to believe that heat and cold were two separate energy forces. It was only actually "cold" when the temperature was below zero, whereas seemingly cold temperatures above zero merely indicated a lack of heat.

Irene

i used to belive that if you talked into a bubble while blowing into it it would say what you said before

austin franck

when i was abotu 5 or 6 i thought that if i were to pull hard enough on my pants, i would float away

Aaron

When I was learning to ride my bike, I was absolutley convinced that I had to balance on it perfectly still BEFORE I started pedaling. Took me a while to get the hang of that!

Tussilago

Gravity used to frustrate me greatly and I tried to defy it reguarly. I remember thinking that if I just stacked and arranged them right, I could make a bridge I could walk on with my grandfather's countless National Geographic Magazines. I was also greatly dissapointed to find that Bonkers Candies, which in commercials caused any lucky person who ate them to shoot straight up into the sky, didn't work on me. I also remember at my birthday parties trying to tie enough balloons on my stuffed animals to make them float, but we never had enough balloons when I needed them.

Anon

I used to think that if you shone a flashlight beam onto a lightbulb long enough, it would eventually light.

Karen K

My older brother told my cousin that while laying down, if you tried hard enough, you could lift your entire body off the floor by an inch-or-two, supporting yourself with only the back of your head touching the floor. - My cousin tried it and of course failed...

Chrispy

I didn't think you could put out a fire with hot water - only cold water would do.

Katti Pytt

I used to believe that if I picked up a chair while sitting in it, I could levitate and float around. After several failed attempts, I assumed I needed a jump start. It was only when I hit the floor that I realized I was a bit off =)

Saalem

I used to think that if you got two buckets and put a foot in each one you could lift yourself up by the handles.

Rich

you know how there are atoms in the air and everywhere? good sence my little brothers name is adam i thought there where little versions of my brother in the air............. creepy

hiram

I used to believe that I invented the X Y coordinate system.

Anon

i used to believe that if you were in a falling elevator, you could just jump at the last minute before it crashed at the bottom of the lift shaft, thus reversing your direction while the lift crashed around you. Then you'd land (still inside the mangled lift wreckage) as if you were landing after a normal jump. Genius.

tim brown

I once asked my friend if he knew what kept everything down on the ground (meaning gravity). He said it was because the tables and chairs were so heavy that they held everything down.

Mr Bloggs