when i was little and i heard my dad say kids were being brain washed, i thught they literally opened up your head and washed your brain with water and soap.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- my sister when she was little thorght head lice tried to borrow into her head to get to her brainAnon
- I used to believe that your brain was a red rubber ball inside your head.— Greg
- Washable markers could actually be washed off of paperAnon
- I never used to take shower after going to the beach, because i thought that tans washed off right away.Anon
- I always wondered why shepherds washed their socks by night. (correct lyric: watched their flocks)— MaggieNJ
- When I was little, I used to believe that snot was brain juice.Anon