My grandfather worked as a watchman for Smith Brothers Cough Drop company and would bring us small sample boxes of the product. I believed that the first names of the Smith Brothers were Trade and Mark because that was written under the picture of each.
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Will Smith's name wasn't Will Smith, but that it was World Smith.— Scott
- I used to think "Aero Smith" was only one person.Anon
- when i was young i believed Micheal Jackson and 'the artist formerly known as prince' were twin brothers.— tim
- I believed because my Dad and all of his brothers had beards that ALL dads had beards!Anon
- when I was a kid, I used to believe that only girls could be my friends and all other boys were my brothers.
— rajat - My brothers to piss me off sometimes told me I was adopted, and that I was the housekeeper's kid.— ricolarno