When I was young and my dad would stop for gas and say "Fill it up Ethyl" I thought all gas station attendants were named Ethyl.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- When I was young I thought that after pulling out off a petrol station the car would go faster— Amine
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway) - I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon
- When I was young, I thought that rice was actually ants eggs! Didn't stop me from eating it though (: -@— Doh!
- I thought the name Phillip was actually spelled "Fill Up"— Natasha H
- I thought when you get married you have to fill out a form to get a baby and then you get one.— Danielle