My father used to work at the US Post Office. He used to leave little rubber finger covers lying around the house--grippers use to help sort through letters...I was never sure, but I always suspected those were rubbers.
A childhood belief about condoms

others believed things like this
- I used to believe viagra was a mint and that it was an everyday mint you could buy from the post office!!!— Bartoner
- I used to see "End Road Work" signs, and thought they were a sort of protest.— Sebastian
- I used to believe that if you crossed your fingers when you were lying, you weren't really lying.— jo
- I used to believe that a half moon was gods finger nail, and his finger was pointing downwards.— clo
- We didn't have a chimney in our house. Father Christmas had to come in through the letter box.— Ginnean
- I used to think "A.M." and "P.M." meant "After Midnight" and "Post Midday".Anon