Once when I was younger I thought that a mistake was some kind of meat like a porterhouse or a t- bone, so when my parents would say that they made a mistake I thought dinner would be ready soon.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that a sign in a cafe bone-fide meal meant meat with a bone in it— roy
- When I was six my sister told me Meat Pies were made from mashed up rats...to this day I can't eat a Meat Pie.— Jamie
- My mom was always talking about "making
ends meat" but I don't ever remember having it served at dinner!— John Stees - I also thought that meat balls were made from testicals— Glenn
- When you are very poor you "can't make end's meat." End's meat is some sort of cheap very low quality meat.— Betty
- When I was 4, I thought Bumblebee tuna was made from bumblebee meat.— Teresa