I used to wonder what kind of car a PRNDL was. The stick shift on my dad's old Rambler read PRNDL, and it wasn't until I was older that I understood the markings to stand for Park, Reverse, Neutral, Drive and Low.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- When i was young i thought a stick shift was when u drive with a stickAnon
- My wife used to believe that the purpose of the stick shift in her Dad's car was to stir the gas.— Curt
- I used to think that the graveyard shift was men that dug graves at night.— bianca w.
- When i was 4 i used to belive my dad was nocternal because he used to do a night shift!— Alien 5247
- 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 aeroplanes could reverse when they are flying. Anon