One childhood friend of mine was really rich and they had a maid. One day she told me that her mom had fired the maid. In my mind I imagined the mom firing a gun at the maid and killing her. I was horrified and reported it to my mom, but she just laughed at me.
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- As a child I believed that when a person was fired from their job, they were executed on a firing range. — damien
- I used to think Buddy Rich was called Buddy Rich because he was my dad's friend, same with Buddy Holly. Anon
- My friend's sister believed the lyrics to Gazza's "Fog on the Tyne" were "Fog on the dinasaurs mine all mine"— Suzanne
- I remember once a friend of mine told me that when ever you hold in your pee it would make your balls stronger— Zao
- I once told a friend of mine that if you held in a smelly burp, it'd turn into a fart. She believed me.Anon
- I used to believe that thunder was aliens entering the atmosphere, and lightning was them firing lazers at us!— Zeepoo-zoop