in my city there are lots of signs on buildings saying "To-let". I always thought there were just an oddly large number of people who spelled toilet wrong... until i realised the building was for sale.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- When I saw signs stating "Lots for sale" I thought it meant that there was a lot for sale.— Robin
- I thought the "To Let" signs on buildings meant they were public toilets.— Scottish Laddie
- I used to believe that the large building/skyscrapers that made smoke were "cloud machines"Anon
- I once thought people would keep growing until they were as big as buildings if they didn't go to the doctor. — Tufty
- I used to believe that the oddly-shaped clouds were made from oddly-shaped sheep— Dickson
- I used to believe that the rapper Eminem's name was spelled M&M and anyone named Juan was spelled one.Anon