When I was about 3 years old I had pneumonia and had to have x-rays taken. The doctor told me he was going to look at my bones but neglected to tell me how he was going to do it-so I was convinced that they were going to take my skin off.
A childhood belief about being ill

others believed things like this
- My Mum told me that if you swallowed chewing gum, your bones would stick together inside you.— Pauliboy
- I used to believe that God was the light rays shining through the clouds.— Lynn
- My girlfriend believed someone who told her that chewing gum was made from dogs bones!— tony
- I used to call the rays of light from the sun "sun BEANS". That's what it sounded like to me.Anon
- When I was little my sister told me salt was ground up dinosaur bones...I barley ate for a month...— Chandler
- In 'Call Me Maybe', I misheard 'Ripped jeans skin' as 'Rich cheese skin'. — Carly Rae Cheddar