As we all know, placing a Sea Shell to your ear allows your to hear the sound of the sea. Following the explanation to me of the phrase "I need a word in your shell-like"; which means a word in your ear, I believed you could listen to someone's inner monologue by placing your ear to theirs. Apparently I became quite a pest trying to do this whenever I didn't understand what was going on.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I didn't understand about boiled eggs until my Mum explained I wasn't supposed to eat the shell as well.— Chris
- I used to believe that the sky is just a very thin blue egg shell— Alan
- I used to think shell macaroni was sea shells.— Don Northrup
- I used to beleive that a mermaid would be singing to you when u listned to a shell. — vprincess
- When i was little i thought that the soul was a physical part of your body that looked like shell pastaAnon
- I used to think that eggs were made in a factory. The oval shell made them fit perfectly in the egg cartons.— Sherry