on grave stones when it said "R.I.P." i always thought that was their name. when i saw it on a lot of graves i thought, "wow a lot of people name their kids R.I.P."
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that when people died, they would stand up and walk to their own graves.— Mark (england)
- When i was younger i thought R.I.P on graves was a persons name, i always wondered why so many Rips died. — Jess
- I used to wonder why people didn't use his first name when they spoke of McJagger of the Rolling Stones.— silly me
- I used to think that the graveyard shift was men that dug graves at night.— bianca w.
- i used to think that the "graveyard shift" meant that they actually had to go out and dig graves. Anon
- I used to believe that the white boxes that housed bee hives were cow graves.— Bub