When I was little my dad had a funny sign in his workshop that said "Warning: BARE AREA cover your eyes". I thought it really meant BEARS were in the area and I was terrified to death to go in his workshop for fear the bears would eat me.
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- Well into adulthood I thought that a local anesthetic meant one from the area near the hospital..— D'sparil
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon
- From when I was five until I was about seven, I thought humans had evolved from bears, not apes.— Anthropology Major
- i thought raisins were made out of jelly in a factory like gummy bears, i though this until i was 16!!!— jen
- I used to believe bears made honey.— thetruthabouthoney
- I used to think there were polar bears in poland when I was 6— Lucy