When I was young I thought that 'going to Manchester' meant going to the doctors, because the doctor was a man who put his stethoscope on your chest.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to want to be a doctor when I grew up, because doctors never die, as they can cure themselves.— Stuart
- I thought “guerrilla tactics” meant fighting like a gorilla— beating your chest and that sort of thing.— Kai
- I always believed that we lived in Manchester (we didn't) but it was always the main place on the local news!— Richard M
- I used to believe that doctors could not get sick.Anon
- When I was young, I really used to believe that 'R.I.P.' (on a gravestone) meant 'Return If Possible.'— Colin
- I used to think doctors were male and nurses were female.Anon