I used to have a subscription to Highlights magazine. Their slogan on the front cover was "Fun with a Purpose" which I thought meant "Fun with a porpoise." Each month I scanned the pages looking for the fun porpoise...
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- I thought a porpoise was the same thing as a pufferfish— Nemo Boy
- I used to believe when a radio anouncement for a club said "No Cover" that meant No Clothes.— Aaron
- Because of MAD Magazine, I believed that Elvis died while on the john, with a tub of KFC in his lap.Anon
- I used to think if i cut myself on purpose God would reward me for my bravery.— Brendan
- I thought an asylum seeker was a crazy person who checked in to an asylum on purpose.— Nate
- My wife used to believe that the purpose of the stick shift in her Dad's car was to stir the gas.— Curt