I persuaded myself that I had been conned all along by the local shop - who had been charging me a penny per sweet I bought from there. The sign said 1p - not 1p per sweet. So I tried to buy 20 - with 1p. I argued my case, but the shopkeeper was bigger than me.
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- When there was an advert for a "3 peice suite" i thought it was a shop selling 3 P Sweet's!!!— Kate Parker
- I used to believe that "unsavory" meant "sweet".— unsavory
- i had a really sweet tooth and i asked my mum when it would fall out...— saza bob
- i get bit by so many moskitos because i'm a sweet child with sugar in my vains.— Ella
- That if you wet a sweet wrap and put it in the freezer overnight, you'd get chewing gum.— Roxie van Renbsurg
- When I Was a Kid I Believed That Clouds Were Made By Sweet Cotton.
— Gustavo Giacomini 8º2 Porto União Cid Gonzaga