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gherkins
A childhood belief about gherkins
I used to believe…
that pickles were octopus legs
Anon
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Up until the age of 21 I believed pickles were pickles, I had no idea they were cucumbers.
— Jason
I used to believe the pickles were the fingers of martians. Because of that, I did not eat pickles.
— alexandre, a French student in eighth grade
I used to think that 'testicles' was the word for the arms of a squid or an octopus.
— Emily
My uncle convinced me that if you ate octopus, the suckers on the tentacles would suck your tongue out
— Minnie
From the Carpenters hit I always sang "calling octopus of interplanetary craft" instead of "occupants".
— Paul
so guess what i learned the other day: pickles came from cucumbers. yes indeed.
— jenna
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