When I was little I had heard the phrase "digging a hole to China." I have no idea where I heard this phrase from...but it stunned me. So...to see if it was really doable I took to the backyard and started to dig. I got about 1.5 feet, decided that no one could dig to China, and so gave up.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that went the sun went down, it went down into the ground over in China.— Danielle, AL
- I used to think China and Japan where the same.— Lunarmoon
- When I was in kindergarten, I was convinced I could dig my way out of a sandbox and off to China.Anon
- when i was young i used to think japan and china were the same country— i like star wars
- i thought that the phrase "jet lag" was actually "jet leg" until i was 17...— truffles
- I used to think that Hadrian also built the Great Wall of China.— Spacey