I thought that the word "firearms" meant fire extinguishers. They arm you to fight a fire. I couldn't understand why they were illegal.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- I used to think that being fired meant they set you on fire.
Or they just chopped off your head.Anon - i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- I used to think that Legal and Illegal meant the same thing (illegal)— Dhruv
- The first time i heard of someone getting fired from a job, i thought that they were actually set on fire.Anon
- I thought that I could get a suntan if I stood really close to a fire for long enough.— Mat