One of my friends who was 17 at the time asked me "Why are all Fire Engines called Dennis?"
That joke ran and ran!
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- I thought Hurricane Dennis (in 2005) and the character Dennis from the Spongebob movie were related somehow.Anon
- I used to believe that car exhaust pipes were what propelled cars, instead of the engines.— Thomas Johnston
- The first time i heard of someone getting fired from a job, i thought that they were actually set on fire.Anon
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- i used to spell eight "ate" cuz of the stuped: why was six afraid of seven, cuz seven ate(8) ten joke...— 8