I often questioned Cookie Monster's true affinity for cookies. I would think, "If Cookie Monster loves cookies so much, why doesn't he swallow a single bite? All of the pieces just fall out of his mouth." I think I was well into my teens when it dawned on me that puppets can really swallow.
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I used to wonder why fortune cookies never predicted something bad like "you will fall off a cliff"— Izual
- my brother told me that if i ride my bike with my mouth open i will swallow my tounge. Anon
- I used to believe that if you ate to much cookie-dough you'd turn into a camel.— Lenny
- When I was about 6 years old I use to think that if a cookie crumbled all the flavor would escape.— Arilinia
- The moon was actually either a sugar cookie or a banana, depending on the time of the month. — Jessica Aspra
- I thought pretending I was sick to stay home from school was called cookie not hookie.— Jen