When I was a kid I loved hot dogs. The one day my mother put out small cubes of cheese and meat and put them out as a side dish. She said they were cold cuts. Since they appeared to be the opposite of hot dogs, I thought she said cold cats. I hated them immediately.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My sister and I thought cats and dogs were the same animal, the dogs were male and the cats were female.— Paul
- I used to believe all dogs were male and all cats were female. I still call dogs "boy" and cats "girl." — Kelly F.
- I use to believe that cats and dogs were the same species; cats were girls and dogs were boys.— poopcrystals
- My sister's friend thought cats were just small dogs when she was younger.— Richard Davies
- When I was little, I used to think that cats and dogs thought in English???— Isabella
- My mum told me that cold custard (which I hated) was in fact Banana Blancmange. I lapped it up for years.— Chalky