When I was little, I thought the phrase "taking something for granted" was actually "taking something for granite" - made sense to me (and kinda still does)
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to think that when people were taking their contacts out that they were taking their eyeball out :) — Jen
- when I was little, I was scared of taking the plane because I thought clods were solid !! — valentine a french student in eigth
- I'm autistic, and I used to believe taking some of my sister's food while she was eating it was sharing.Anon
- I used to beleive that if we didn't spray the ants, there would be hundreds of them in my house taking over.— Rob
- I used to think that if someone gave you acid, you could completely counter the effects by taking an antacid.— abracadaver
- My friend believed that when lightening flashed, you better smile because God was taking your picture! — Linda from Southern California