My dad told me that the Snap Crackle and Pop elves hid behind the corner of my bowl when I was eating rice crispies. I kept moving the bowl around to catch them but then realized there were no corners. That's when I used a bowl with corners. Still no elves.
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- my brother told me rice crispies were really fish eggs we gave to the goldfish. I never ate rice crispies.— johnboy
- I used to believe that the Super Bowl was a bowling tournament.— Angela
- To clean the goldfish you put washing up liquid into its bowl.— Sev
- I used to think the Super Bowl was a huge bowling tournament.Anon
- I used to believe that toilet seats were for kids only and that adults sat directly on the bowl. — Evan Klyne
- My mum told me that if I ate sugar from the sugar bowl I'd get worms.— QueenB