I used to think that salt and pepper were opposites. If you put too much salt on something adding a little pepper would even it out. Hey, at least it's logical. ; )
A childhood belief about salt

others believed things like this
- I used to think that pepper was only used to mark where you'd put the salt.— BK
- I never used to understand why salt was bad for you, but pepper wasn't.— Lara
- i thought salt made food cold, since pepper made it *hot* — cattiva
- I use to believe that salt would cool food down while pepper would heat your foodAnon
- I believed Dr. Pepper was pepper-flavored medicine and was afraid to drink it.Anon
- I used to believe that Dr. Pepper actually tastes like Black pepper. I'm still afraid to try it.Anon