When I was younger, I used to think that the food samples displayed on the packs of pots and pans were included in the package.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the disposable BBQ's had the meat displayed on the packaging was included inside. — Raggamuffin
- My mate used to believe that the lids of yoghurt pots were poisonous, and to this day won't ever lick one.Anon
- When I was little, I thought dying your hair would give you the color AND hairstyle displayed on the box. Anon
- When I was younger I used to believe that if I ate too much of something I would turn into that food.— Genny R
- I similarly thought that "Proud Mary" included the lyrics "pumped a lot of tanks down in New Orleans."— Larry
- When I was a kid my dad told me that in a package of socks there was a right sock and a left sock.— Christina