When I was little me and mum spent ages trying to find the meaning of the word 'judicious' so we could understand what the advertising jingle "and hands that judicious are as soft as can be with mild Green Fairy Liquid." really meant!!!
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- I thought when someone was described as being "mild-mannered" it meant they didn't have very good manners— Samilton Duerheiser
- I spent ages wondering what a bart ender was as a child without realising that it was actually bar tender.— Heather
- My mum used to tell me when the ice-cream truck turned on his jingle, it meant they had run out of ice-cream!Anon
- That the tooth fairy drove around in her green Volks Wagon Collecting teeth from all the children.— Wanda Trytten
- I used to think that when it rained,it meant God was washing his hands Anon
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona