when i was younger i didn't grasp the idea you got PAID for appearing in tv adverts, i thought if you were advitising mcdonalds you would get a years free mcdonald food, etc
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- That everything was free. You paid for nothing, money was just to look nice.— Blasia M
- I thought if food said it was fat free it meant you could eat as much as you want without getting fat!— Brainhead
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- When I first heard Matt Monro's song "Born Free," I thought he was singing "Porn Free."Anon
- When i was a tiny lad, I used to think drug free zones were places where you can get drugs for free— Spencer
- my friend thought that the film 'the hulk' was about the jolly green giant from the sweetcorn adverts.— patticus