When I was a kid and our family would go to fast food restaurants, my sister would often get up from the table with her cup and say, “I’m going to get Dr. Pepper.” When she came back alone I assumed that Dr. Pepper (a doctor, of course) was busy taking children’s temperatures. After this happened a few times, I began to wonder if Dr. Pepper would ever come by to meet us. He didn’t.
A childhood belief about drinks

others believed things like this
- I believed Dr. Pepper was pepper-flavored medicine and was afraid to drink it.Anon
- I used to believe that Dr. Pepper actually tastes like Black pepper. I'm still afraid to try it.Anon
- I use to believe that salt would cool food down while pepper would heat your foodAnon
- i thought salt made food cold, since pepper made it *hot* — cattiva
- I used to think that pepper was only used to mark where you'd put the salt.— BK
- i used to think that you used pepper spray to cook— c-dogg