I would always ask my mother what she was doing, even though I could totally see what she was doing. She'd answer me with "Milking a coconut" I thought for years that you got coconut milk by milking them like cows. I always wondered where the udders would have been though.
A childhood belief about plants

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all cows could have udders regardless of sex.Anon
- the beatles song 'mean mr mustard' says "shes a real go-getter", i was sure it was "shes a real coconut"...— sally
- I used to believe chocolate milk came from brown cows and regular milk came from black and white cowsAnon
- i used to think chocolate milk came from brown cows and normal milk came from white cows Anon
- I used to believe that cow udders were hollow bags full of milk.Yet I knew that human boobs were solidAnon
- I used to believe that brown cows made chocolate milk and white cows made regular milk.— andrew mient