When I asked my father the meaning of the word "peon," he said it was something that you would "pee on." Like an idiot, I not only believed this well into my teens, but was only corrected after I announced it to my whole physics class.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to believe anyone who disagreed with me was an idiot.— Catte
- i used to believe the quarterback was second in command (what an idiot i was)Anon
- I used to believe that the Chinese boy in my kindergarten class flew from China every day to get to class.— Debi
- I asked my father what holy water was. He told me it was the priest's bathwater. — Gwen
- 'To Be Announced' in the TV guide was a film that was on all the time!— Clare
- while my son was crying one day, my little brother announced that "babies cry to let off moisture". ha!— i'm laughing WITH you