When I first started school I didn't know what the middle finger was. One of the kids said "I dare you to stick out the middle finger." So I said "ok" not knowing what it was. I stuck it out and the kids were all like "ooooo" and I was like "what? what did I do?" I didn't get in trouble though.
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a half moon was gods finger nail, and his finger was pointing downwards.— clo
- my brother (10) still believes that if you stick your finger to far up your nose you can touch your brainAnon
- I used to believe my middle name was a 'bad word' because my mom only used it when I was in trouble.— DJ
- I used to believe that If I stuck my finger really far inside of my belly button I could touch my insides.Anon
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- I used to beileve that my parnets didn't go to the toilet, and it was just kids who had too!!
— kag