When I was 5, I first went on a plane-a Virgin Atlantic one***-to America. When I returned, at school we had to sing hyms every day, and one time we sang "The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy." Being the slightley odd child that I was, and not realising what Virgin meant, I thought that Virgin Atlantic Planes had sponsered the song. Damn.
***It was Halloween when we flew, and there was a witch drawing competition, and my sister won. She won a soft toy (a dog) and named it Virgin.
God knows what my parents thought about that!
A childhood belief about hymns
others believed things like this
- Instead of Madonnas 'Like a virgin' I used to sing 'Like a gerbil'— Stupid Child
- I thought "Virgin Mary" was actually "Verge 'n Mary" and that Verge was a nickname for Joseph. — Rachel
- I thought the Holy Ghost was the ghost of the Virgin Mary.— Texas granny
- I used to think virgin mary was actually 'virginia mary'Anon
- When a "mean girl" in early grade school asked me if I was a virgin I answered "no I am catholic."— Hilary
- I thought the Virgin Islands were owned by Richard Branson until I was 24. — LJ