i used to beleive that the prefix "self" meant "un" or "not" (god knows why, but i was reminded of this because my son recently made a similar mistake so i cant be the only one - it just felt like it meant that)#
anyway - because of that my mum once asked me what i wanted to do when i grow up
i said "self employed"
my mum said "oh, great, so what are you going to be doing then?" and i of course, said
"nothing of course (like, duh) cos i had truly meant unemployed. needless to say this didnt go down too well ...
unemployment is an ambition i have tried diligently to realise and i am proud to say that i have indeed enjoyed several long sabbaticals in accordance with my childhood dream, with only short intervals of regular employment to spoil things
A childhood belief about work
others believed things like this
- my husband believed, until recently, that the word "several" meant seven of something. — sheryl
- I use to beleive that because oui (which sounds exactly like wee) mean yes in french, that poo meant no.— Toby
- I used to believe that everytime a balloon was released , it meant that a child had recently died.— Samantha
- I used to believe that showing my bare arms meant that I was naked, so I never wore short sleeves as a kid. Anon
- i used to believe that sex meant love and that having sex meant the two people would live happily ever after.— amy
- I used to believe that "gluten free" meant you could eat as much as you wanted without getting full or fat— Jess