Around 1984, I found this funky-looking mushroom in the backyard. The cap was about a big and thick as a piece of steak. But, it coloring was disgusting (orange, yellow and green)! On top of that, brown sludge was oozing out the side. I pummeled it with a plastic baseball bat. My Dad said now I had 'got poison on the bat.' Impulsively, I "cleaned" it off with my hand. Now I had 'poison on my hands.' He told me to go inside and wash my hands. As I was going inside, I tasted my finger. Then I realized "...What have I done??? I've eaten mushroom poison!!!" I now assumed I was going to die. "2000" randomly popped into my head. "I have only until the year 2000 to live!" ...Well, it is now 2004 and I don't feel one bit ill. --How silly.
A childhood belief about plants
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when the year 2000 came around we would all turn into robots - how silly of me— Andy
- In the mid 90's, I used to believe that babies who were born in the year 2000 would live forever.Anon
- I used to believe that worms were the lips of the dead and that green pepper seeds were deadly poison.— Gayle
- I used to believe the "hair" in artichokes was poison.— Dawn
- i used to think technology was "flying cars" and that we would have them by the year 2000.— josieg
- i used to think guns shot poison bulletsAnon