Our pediatrian was named Dr. Woodhead. I remember my brother and I (under 7 years old) were horrified and scared that our doctor had a wooden head. It took my mom a while to explain the concept of a last name!
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- My 18 year old brother thought the former vice president was named Al Gorbachov.— Jeff
- I thought Kaa's name from The Jungle Book was spelled "Car" and that he had a brother named Truck.Anon
- I remember being scared of the ocean for a while as a little kid. I thought lobsters would pinch my toes.— Flipper
- When I was small, my brother would bug me and say that if my hand was bigger than my head, I had a tumor.Anon
- when i was small my brother always told me that if you picked your nose your head would cave in— Eric
- When i was 6 years old i had a dog named Sandy. And i thought she was made of Sand.— Billy Bob Joe