When I was a kid I didn't realise that many old ladies had perms - I just thought that as women got older their hair became curly. My hair is very straight, so I used to look forward to getting old and having curly hair!
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- my friend thought that if he ate the crust on bread, his hair would be curly.Anon
- untill i was about 8, i thought that eating crusts would give u curly hair.— Harry
- Bread crusts make your hair go curly— bowlax
- i used to think that bread crust would make my hair curlyAnon
- I used to believe that if I ate the skin on the roasted chicken I would have curly hair.Anon
- i used to believe that if u eat the crust on bread that ur hair would become curly...wow i was stupid :)— ~philbert~