I used to scoff at kids who somehow got the idea the people in Australia were upside down, since I knew that they were exactly like us, except that if they jumped they wouldn't come back down.

Starch

I used to believe that for on this side of the world, three leaf clovers were common, and four leaf clovers were lucky. But on the OTHER side of the world it was the opposite. Lots of four leaf clovers and not so many lucky three leaf clovers. I used to dream about going to the "other side of the world" and picking enough four leaf clovers to last a lifetime, and bringing them back to this side of the world so they'd be lucky.

Wish I was a leprechaun

When I was 3-4 years old, my grandmother went on a trip to Scotland. We, as a family went to the airport to drop her off. We watched her sit down in the departures lounge, on the other side of the baggage check. I remember thnking to myself "Scotland" didn't look like a very fun place.

Poor mislead fool

At about age 7 I thought one could see the people running around on a map, if one looked hard enough.

Adam Smith

My Mum couldn't understand why I kept crying everytime she mentioned going on holiday until I told her that I didn't want to live in a pipe. I had seen refugees on TV sheltering from a flood in huge concrete pipes and believed they were in Wales, where we were going on holiday.

Charlotte

I'm from canada, where we drive on the ight side of the road. One summer, we went to England, and I noticed (being an observant 6 year old) that they drove on the LEFT side of the road. This led me to believe that everything in england was the opposite of Canada I spent the rest of the summer looking for a neighboorhood with the opposite of our house in it, because I was convinced I'd meet the opposite of me there. I didn't realise my mistake until I was 9.

Opposites Attract.

i used to think that hawaii was black and white, like on a tv, but the rest of the world was in normal color. i stopped believing this when i saw a picture of hawaii in one of my mom's magazines

Anon

I used to believe that the city of Tokyo was really ruined by incredibly huge monsters every week, just like in those old japanese series.

G.Albo

When I was in primary school in England, there was a boy from Africa who joined half way through the term. He was always late and I told my mum it was because he had to come from Africa every day!

KtW

I used to think it was the United STEAKS of America and that cows must be really important in the U.S.

Jake

i used to think that countries boundaries were determined by the best runners in the country. they would all go to the capital city, and then they would run in all possible directions, and wherever one met another from a different country, that's where the border would be.

you can imagine the russians ran like all hell.

JudicoBass

I used to believe that England was shaped like a Sewing Machine Box, Germany was a Smiling Sun.

Anon

The very first time I saw a globe (of Earth, yes) I asked where "College" was located.

Shade

My son David thought that Trafalgar Square would be full of chickens. He also thought that any place underground was part of London. (What had I been telling him??)

Colin

When I was a kid I used to think that when I was at the beach in Ocean City, NJ that if I could just swim out far enough or maybe get high enough above the beach I could see Africa. I guess that's technically true.

Brad

Inexplicably, I genuinely believed that if you drove to the end of Holloway Road, you'd eventually arrive at the moon.

James

When i was a kid my famliy was on a road trip. We were driving when my mom pointed and said "that is a winery." I actually thought this was a place where they put kids who wined a lot.

Liza

When I used to ask people where they were going on holiday as a child they used to tell me they were going abroad. I grew up thinking that abroad was the name of a popular holiday destination in France.

Saggs

when I was about 5 my Dad went to a conferance in Basingstoke. when he came home he gave me a pair of chopsticks from a restaurant he'd been to. For a very long time afterwards I thought Basingstoke was in China

Anon

the country of singapore was a giant white dormatory where everyone lived together.

i don't know where i came up with this one.

oger