My mother speaks excellent English and is somewhat intolerant of us children when our grammar is less than perfect. She enjoys playing with words, however. When we were younger, she tagged rubber spatulas with the nickname "baby robber". When she made icing or cookies or some other treat, the baby of the family had the agreeable task of taking care of any little bits left in the mixing bowl. If a rubber spatula was used to scrape the bowl clean, then the "baby" was "robbed" of part of their prize. Knowing my mother's low tolerance of inaccuracy in speaking, I assumed that was the correct name. Imagine my horror, in seventh grade HomeEc class, no less, when I discovered the truth.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- To clean the goldfish you put washing up liquid into its bowl.— Sev
- on "highway to hell" i always thought it goes "baby see, baby do" instead of "hey satan, payin´ my dues"— Miss Understood
- That because Gerber Baby Food had a baby on it real babies were put in there. Thanks a lot cousin!— Nicole
- I used to believe that a baby shower was a tiny bathtub with a showerhead just for the baby.— Amy
- i used to believe that when you pushed your belly button a baby would pop out im now 14 and know the truth — kelsey
- I had an 18 lb. cat who ate rubber bands, I used to believe she could bounce away if not careful.— Dawn