When I was about 6, which would have made it about 1951, I said something innocuous to my grandparents and my grandfather said, "Better not say things like that, or McCarthy will get you." He was joking, but for years I thought "McCarthy" was some kind of mythical ogre like the "boogeyman" who would kidnap you if you misbehaved. For years every time I was bad I worried about "McCarthy". Many years later I found out I hadn't been all that far off.
A childhood belief about politics
others believed things like this
- That the McCartney Era was another name for Beatlemania (due to confusion between "McCartney" and "McCarthy"— James Anderson
- For years and years I thought telephone poles grew.— Maureen
- For years and years I believed that tuna must be really little fish because they came in such small cans!!— Gisela
- When i was 6 years old i had a dog named Sandy. And i thought she was made of Sand.— Billy Bob Joe
- My Mum told me if I ate too much toast I would get cancer! I couldn't eat it for years and years...— Pauliboy
- few years ago, finally I found out that asparagus are not big sea fishes.. — nixass