I used to believe that getting an animal "fixed" meant giving it an operation to make it stop peeing. Now that i have a cat, i can see how that would actually come in handy!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the yellow sky during a sunset meant that people were peeing a lot.Anon
- i used to believe (when i was little) i could make the wind stop and start by saying, "stop" and "start"— Ali
- I used to believe that if you died you could have 'an operation' to bring you back to life. — Mikey
- My little sister used to believe that a mullet was the "hair transplant" operation that balding men get.— Sarah's Sister
- I used to believe that you shouldn't swallow gum because it would stick to you heart and make it stop beating.Anon
- I used to think that to desex an animal meant to turn it from a male to a female or female to male.— Phil