I used to believe that my best friend's dad was a secret agent for the CIA. He was actually an unemployed alcoholic.
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- When I was young,I thought the lyrics "Secret Agent man" were actually "Secret Asian Man".— M.M.B.
- i used to believe that toblerone was alcoholic. my mum told us that so she could have it all.— Cait
- I used to think, all the way up to eight grade that if you smoked cigarettes you were an alcoholic— praneeth
- I used to believe that if you smoked a cigarette while drinking an alcoholic beverage you would blow up!— Sue
- Up until I was about seven, I thought soda pop was alcoholic and that's why kids weren't allowed it.Anon
- Phil Collins song "I missed again" - I thought it was "I pis*ed again" - didn't realise he was an alcoholic?!Anon