I always thought that when I went to the dentist the chain holding the towel around my neck fastened me to the chair. I somehow never thought about the fact that I had to lean forward to spit and wouldn't be able to if I was chained to the headrest!
A childhood belief about excursions

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the moon was fastened with something so it wouldn't fall— Kelvin
- I used to believe they were called dentist disappointments rather than dentist appointments.— Emma
- When I was little, I thought the tooth fairy was a personal friend of my mom since she was a dentist.— Jess
- For some reason until I was about 10 I used to believe that the dentist pierced your ears.— Kendall.XxX
- I used to believe my dentist could give me a shot to straighten my teeth and prevent cavities.— sircigar
- I used to believe that the exhaust fumes coming from a car were actually what pushed it forward like a rocket — rocket car