I thought that those balloons that are long, ribbed, and usually marble colored that they sell in NYC out on the tsreets were condoms.
A childhood belief about condoms

others believed things like this
- When I was 8 or so, I thought that condoms were just high tech balloons.— Jess
- I used to believe that condoms were rare expensive water balloons— Andrea
- I used to think that condoms were those special balloons clowns manipulate, turning them into poodles and such— Ai
- I used to think condoms were meant to be solid, instead of rubber or elastic, like unblown balloons.— Natasha
- When I was little my uncle had a huge adams apple. He told me he'd swallowed a marble.— Stacey
- When I was a kid, I thought the stars in the sky at night, were the balloons people let go.— Lisa