I believed for a long time that the world was the shape of Great Britain and that all the other places I'd heard about were somewhere in Great Britain. I blame the BBC weather map for this :o)
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the word Great was added to Britain because they won the Second World War.— Age
- i used to believe that hawaii was located right south of florida. hey, they both have great weather!— ashley
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue
- I believed when young that horses with white faces were sick. My dad a great sense of humour— John Cavanagh
- I used to let go all my balloons so my great grandma would get it in heaven— lissa
- When I was little I used to believe that God looked like the Great Gazoo (the alien from "The Flintstones").— Susan