When I was younger I really wanted a pet chinchilla. My parents were against the idea so one night after dinner to stop my questioning my dad told me the reason I couldn't have one was because they were vicious. He explained that a friend of his had a chinchilla and when he went out of town his house keeper accidentally left the lid off of its cage. As the house keeper was vacuuming, the chinchilla escaped and ate her leg off.
For years I believed this without questioning. I actually kept up that belief until a friend of mine mentioned wanting one in middle school. I told her that that was a horrible idea and went on to explain the story. It wasn't until after I had finished that I realized how ridiculous that story was.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I once told a friend of mine that if you held in a smelly burp, it'd turn into a fart. She believed me.Anon
- My friend's sister believed the lyrics to Gazza's "Fog on the Tyne" were "Fog on the dinasaurs mine all mine"— Suzanne
- I remember once a friend of mine told me that when ever you hold in your pee it would make your balls stronger— Zao
- When I was about 6 or 7, I had an imaginary friend, who left for ice-cream one night. He never returned.— His name was Jimmy
- When I was younger, my brother told me the police had an infra-red system and could see into everyones house.— Clare, Ireland
- I use to believe that if you told a story/lie you would get a bump on your tongue.Anon