When I was a baby, I was terrified of the Empire Carpet commercial. (You know - "5-8-8-2-3-hundred, Empire!) My mom said I used to scream hysterically every time it came on.
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that my dog was really a cat in disguise trying to get information on the dog empire!— strange and used to be stupid
- I used to think the Empire State Building was called the "Ten-past-eight building".— Alex
- That numbers went 1-99 the A hundred, a hundred and one til a hundred and ninety nine. Then ONE hundred...— Foolhardy
- i used to belive that 100 was the biggest number in the world "i got at least a hundred marbles."— dan harris
- i used to think that my sister was a genie and flew a magic carpet at nightAnon
- I believed you ran the vacuum to cut the carpet and used the lawn mower to smooth out the grass.— Michelle