i used to believe - the childhood beliefs site
I Used To Believe is a funny and bizarre collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children. It will remind you what it was like to be a child, fascinated and horrified by the world in equal parts. The following pages will reassure you that the things you used to believe weren't so strange after all...
You can add your own to the site. If you think your beliefs were strange, check out our most common beliefs and discover that you're not alone!
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I used to think that fire trucks and ambulances drove all the way back to the station backwards.
I used to believe that Montel Williams was Oprah’s brother and that his name was “Luprah Winfrey”
I thought that secondhand smoke was when a homeless person picked a cigarette butt up off the ground and relit it.
I swear I heard a Disney Channel/Radio Disney song where the chorus was a repeated “Damn it”
I was freaked out by Steven Tyler as a kid. Whenever I went to the bathroom I was nervous that he would pop out of the shower curtains and scare me while I was using the toilet.
I thought the “Slippery When Wet” traffic sign was a car that had grown long bendy legs.
I thought penis was spelled “Penus”, Like “Venus” but with a P.
I used to believe that if you ate carrots you’d have night-vision
I used to believe that my passed relatives used to live inside the moon, and they were preparing a special japanese food :"moti"in there.
My mom used to tell this !
I used to think that the TV show "Shark Tank" involved actual sharks in a tank.
I thought the Simpsons weren't humans, but birds. This was because of their yellow skin, and Homer's beard looked like a beak.
Instead of "Talk to me, boy", I thought the song "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake contained the line "Dr. McCoy".
My friend hattie used to believe that noone sould have thier brithday on her brithday. i told her some people were born on same day but not the same year.
That eating carrots makes you ginger.
I used to believe the word shoes was spelled shouse. It looked right to me...
When I was child I used to believe that people who die become ghosts and could see you
When I was a child, I used to believe that when there was a storm it was because God was angry.
When I was a child, I used to believe clouds were cotton candy.
When I was a child I used to believe that my cat would die because he fell seven times.
When I was a child, I used to believe that onions came from tangerines.
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