I always thought that the tv commercial phrase "Reading is fundamental" was instead "Reading is fun to mental". I guess I was. D'oh!
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- When I was about 5, I thought that English was the reverse reading of Turkish.— sel
- I used to wonder when reading the obituary column how people always managed to die in alphabetical order.— diane
- i thought that the phrase "jet lag" was actually "jet leg" until i was 17...— truffles
- Because of a commercial I seen on tv, I thought the whole world was the size of the of the U.S.— Paulette
- I thought the phrase "At one's disposal" meant you should dispose of the person or thing.— Geirskogul
- i thought aliens would come to earth year 2000 because of a commercial were an alien ate a hot dog— ulle