I always thought the Sherwin - Williams sign was an alien: the paint can was the head and the globe was its body!
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- I thought the ball-headed person in the Bic logo was an alien and communicated using alien-like noises.Anon
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I used to believe that Montel Williams was Oprah’s brother and that his name was “Luprah Winfrey”— Tim
- Oh oh, I'm an alien, I'm a little alien...
Legal maybe?— Marina - When I was little, I thought that clouds were made by someone spraying white spray paint onto air.— Hadla
- I thought that the jetstream from planes was white paint. Which was constantly poured out from the plane.— Tore