When I was younger (about 6) I remember hearing reference to a serial killer on the evening news, and I thought that it meant that anyone who ate cereal after dark would be attacked by the "cereal killer". So for years I always rushed to eat my cereal (favorite food at the time) before nighttime. It wasn't until we were studying homophones in school that i recognized the difference!
A childhood belief about criminals
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- I used to think that serial killers chopped their victims up into little pieces and eat them with their cerealAnon
- I used to believe serial killers were actually people that went round slipping poison into cereal boxesAnon
- I believed serial killers were people who poisoned cereal to kill others.— Matthew
- I used to think that Serial killers were people who poisoned cheerios.— Ashley
- The first time I hear about a serial killer, I laughed. You can't kill cereal. It's not alive.Anon
- my brother used to think a serial killer was someone that put nails and stuff in your cereal. lol :)Anon