After a trip to the circus, I formed the notion that clowns were another ethnic group. The circus had Mommy and Daddy clowns with their clown "children" (little people), didn't they?
A childhood belief about clowns

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that clowns lived at the circus, until I was 10.— PikachuGirl123
- I used to believe that picadilly circus was like a giant circus in the centre of london.— ãhnn???
- I used to believe that a 'Flea Circus' really was a circus with performing feas!— Jo Lancashire
- I used to believe that clowns were born that way.— Kelly
- Clowns were born like thatAnon
- I used to believe that the word 'circumstances' was pronounced 'circus dancers'.— Mel