I used to believe that clouds were mashed potatoes and whenever we had mashed potatoes for dinner my mother would reach up (without our looking) and grab them.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think clouds were mashed potatoes in the sky.— Will
- When I was little, I thought that big puffy clouds in the sky were actually mashed potatoes.Anon
- I used to believe that french fries were filled with mashed potatoes.... wonder how they got in there?— Nancy
- I used to believed that the clouds in the sky were floating piles of mash potatoes .— Funny Guy
- I thought rice was just another way to prepare a potato, like mashed or fries.— Me
- i used to think mashed potatos were made from apples becouse they were the same color(i was a very slow child)— apples and ornges