I used to think that the mangled abridgement HAZCHEM was German for "Danger" as it appeared next to the word on the sign.
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- when the sign on the highway said do not pass and dad did i thought he would be in great dangerAnon
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- When I was younger I use to think that my blanket would protect me from every danger in the World — Maxence
- When people would ask me what was my background, I would tell them 1/2 German and 1/2 Brooklyn!— Randy
- I used to think it was illegal to speak German in Germany because of World War Two.— Anonymous
- I was afraid of my grandma because i thought she had germs because she was german!Anon