My dad told me once that a whale lived inside the big box that you take your pop cans to to recycle and get money. He told me the whale ate the cans. I believed that for a lot longer than I should have.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- i used to think, when i was about 4 that i lived inside a whale because i live ion the country Wales— mike
- I used to think that Shamu was my whale and that he just lived at Sea World and they took care of him for me.Anon
- I used to believe the whitewash on waves was actually whale pee.— Tessica
- For years and years I believed that tuna must be really little fish because they came in such small cans!!— Gisela
- I used to believe there were calves' heads in those cans of Pet Milk.— Ron
- I used to believe that black olives were made out of whale skin.— Troyson