When I was little, we had one of those automatic car washes down the street. This particular one had picture of a donkey next to its name. Being young, I was petrified of sitting in the car as it went through the car wash. So my mother, trying to calm my nerves, told me that there were donkeys in the car wash. I don't think I had ever freaked out so bad in my life! I pictured donkeys lurking up in the machinery, then jumped down and smashing the windows of our car with their hooves!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I convinced my boyfriend that paprika flavored crisps were made from donkeys...he was 20 at the time.Anon
- My brother used to think that the brushes at automatic car washes were Sulley from Monsters Inc. — RJ
- My mother told me chewing gum was made from horses hooves!Anon
- I was told that if i didnt wash my hair regularly it would turn green— Mimi Screami
- My mom told me that if I didn't wash my hair black widow spiders would come live in it.— grew up in Nebraska
- My uncle told me that if I didn't wash my ears when I took a bath, corn would start going out of them.— Ebod