My father is 50 years old, and is FIRMLY convinced that raisins and prunes grow on trees. I've tried several times to convince him that they're really dried grapes and plums, but with no success.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that dried prunes were giant rasins.— Jacquyln
- I used to think that grapefruits contained grapes, and you got grapes by cutting the grapefruit open.— Grapefruit
- i always wondered why people sent plums to the queen, in the anthem "send her victorias"— anon uk
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue
- Spaghettis grow on trees.Anon
- I really used to believe that money DID grow on trees— Kim