When I was seven, I confused a row of spectators in a movie theater by asking them if the seat next to them was "bacon." I repeated the question several times, thinking they couldn't hear me, unaware that the word I should have used was "vacant."
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- Anytime you had a question (any question at all) you just called the president.— Erin
- I can remember thinking that is I hid my eyes, and couldn't see anybody that they couldn't see me.Anon
- At night I would hear the chirping crickets and thinking it was comeing from the stars in the sky!— delana
- When I was very little, I used to believe that bacon came from the tail of a pig because it was curly!!— Audrey
- My dad used to tell me that "smoked" bacon came from pigs that had been fed on a diet of kippers !!!— Tony . Newcastle on Tyne
- when i was little i thought pigs ate only tomatoes because bacon and ham was red when cooked.Anon