I used to think that the expression "The former or the latter?" was actually "The farmer or the ladder?"
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- When i was litttle i used to believe that if a had a long enough ladder a could touch the sky.— Sarah Howell
- I believed that the ladder on the back of a trailer/rv led up to a swimming pool.— marilese
- I believed travel trailers had a pool on top because the curved ladder was the same.Anon
- I forgot the expression "not cricket", so I said, "not tennis" instead.Anon
- My friend told me she had invented the expression 'Gordon Bennett' and I believed her!— SueE
- I thought the expression "so funny I forgot to laugh" was literal instead of sarcastic— Not so funny after all