I knew that 'playing hooky' was to skip school, so I logically drew the conclusion that one who plays hooky is called a hooker. Needless to say that when I exclaimed "Lets go be hookers!" to my friends, laughing ensued.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to think people with lots of freckles were playing with crayons and drew dots on their face.— WOW
- I thought the song Skip To My Lou was about skipping to the toilet.Anon
- When I was a kid, I believed that bible school was "beauty school", and called it that all the time.— Dana
- I used to think that swing music was called that because you listened to it when playing on the swing set.Anon
- I used to believe that the mole on my leg was from when my brother drew on it with a marker.— Lori
- I used to belive that sometimes my grandfather drew the clouds for me. Anon