I remember talking about metaphors as a child at school. The kids were giving examples such as 'as blind as a bat'. I piped up with 'cold as a penguin's chuff'. It wasn't until years later I realised that a) the teacher really did look that horrified; and b) a penguin's chuff is NOT the feathers on it's tummy, regardless of what Dad had said.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I got a pet penguin it could live in the freezer.— Dippingmytoes
- When I was little I used to believe that I was a koala/ penguin it really scared away a few people.— Koalaluver
- When I was younger, I thought Eskimos ate penguin eggsAnon
- when i was a kid i used to think farts were another person in my tummy talking and he had bad breath— JOEY
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- I used to think that my teacher lived at school until she came to school late one day. I was shocked!— Wow, you have a life?!