When we were selling our furniture, a Dutch family came over to view the beds. Their son was like 6'5" and when they left, my sister asked why Dutch people were so tall. My dad told my sister that this was because Dutch people put their children in growbags, to make them tall. My sister believed this for about a year and told just about everyone she knows, including teachers :P She was 9.
He also told her last Christmas that a news flash on Sky News had just told him that Santa Claus had died, after being electrocuted by fairy lights. I'm beginning to think my dads a bit of a sadist :P
A childhood belief about nationalities
others believed things like this
- I used to think that all Dutch people wore clogs and lived in windmills— American
- my sister told me that bunkers on golf courses were for children to play in while their dads played golf.— Julie
- My dad told me that playing basketball makes you taller. Basketball players are tall, so I believed him.Anon
- My older sister told me squirrels were poisonous, and I believed her until I was 9.— Jenni
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- MY SISTER TOLD ME THAT CANNED SPAGHETTI WERE REALLY WORMS THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SO CHEAP...I BELIEVED— CATHY