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A childhood belief about general

One day, I somehow got ahold of a price list from a medical lab. One item that I didn't recognize was "pap smear", so I made up my own definition. I decided that the doctor would use his hand to slap a pimple or blister on your body (making the "pap" sound), then smear the drainage on your skin.

I used to tease my little sister by slapping her, then "smearing" my hand along her skin, telling her that I was giving her "pap smears". One day, she got fed up with this, and ran to my mom, yelling, "Mom! Joey's giving me pap smears!". Needless to say, she was horrified.

— Joe Martinez

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