i thought for a long time that 'brownie points' were things you collected up, and when you had enough, you got a brownie. when i told my mum this some years later, she went out and bought me a brownie to make up for all those years i'd been waiting!
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to believe,there was a little person inside my Dad's box Brownie camera.— Sandra R
- I thought planes collected clouds to make cotton balls.— Eddie
- I used to believe that every time I went to church, I got "points" to go to heaven. — Poxy
- I thought that 1983 went on for 3 years - had to ask my sister who decided how long a year lasted.— Sally
- My Mum told me if I ate too much toast I would get cancer! I couldn't eat it for years and years...— Pauliboy
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J