The first time I ever saw a "Garage Sale" sign, I knew how to read the word "garbage" but not "garage". So I misread it as "Garbage Sale" and thought the sellers were expressing a low opinion of their merchandise.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if you had a garage sale that meant you were selling the garage!— ~Curtis~
- When I saw signs stating "Lots for sale" I thought it meant that there was a lot for sale.— Robin
- i thought the for sale sign buy owner things meant that u could also buy the owner — brandi
- i used to believe when you died you went to heaven and played sale of the century!!!!Anon
- I used to believe that if a item wasn't "on sale" then you weren't aloud to buy it.— Meagan
- I used to belive that, when a store held a "liquidation sale", all the unsold stuff would be melted down.— Marty