I used to believe that the Registered trademark sign (R) on sweet wrappers actually meant rip....funnily enough I did find it easier to rip there!!!
A childhood belief about sweeties

others believed things like this
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I used to believe that "unsavory" meant "sweet".— unsavory
- I thought that the sign "!" meant: "look at the wonderful landscape"— Giorgos
- my mom believed when she was little that a street sign that said don't walk meant you better run.— Sara Mclen
- I thought that the Chewit wrappers were different flavours as they were different colours like the sweets— Helen
- I used to believe a dead end sign meant there was a graveyard at the end of the street or zombies — Still Out There