I used to believe that if I said 'Hey Kool-Aid!' loudly enough, the giant pitcher would come crashing through the wall like in the TV commercials. But then I would be in big trouble for destroying the house and so I never tried.
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the Wall Street Crash of 1929 was a literal car crashing into a bank.Anon
- I used to believe that tornadoes were spinning jack-o-lanterns in the air bent on destroying my house.Anon
- I remember drinking red kool aid and peeing at the same time. I was expecting it to be red.Anon
- I used to think that tornadoes were giant tomatoes that would sit on top of your house until everyone died.— Maggie
- I thought that "Doube Bubble Toil and Trouble" was "Doube Bubble, Toilet Trouble" Anon
- I used to believe that commercials would only go away when you bought the product that was being advertised.— Hayabusa