When I was a child, I thought that alcoholic beverages came in four distinct strengths, and were named accordingly. The four categories, in increasing order of strength were: Beer, wine, whisky, and liquor. Where I live, one has to go to "liquor stores" to buy any distilled spirits. One day I asked my father why one has to go to liquor stores to buy whisky. He then told me that whisky is a type of liquor. I was so disillusioned. I had always thought that wisky was a separate category, not as strong as liquor.
A childhood belief about drinks
others believed things like this
- I always thought there was a drinking age for coffee, because it was an adult drink like beer and wine.Anon
- I used to believe that if you swallowed wine or beer in two sips then you would get drunk— Heather
- I thought drug stores sold drugs. I never understood how they could sell illegal drugs.— Diana Rios
- I used to believe that, no man drank hot beverages, because my father never did. — Sue
- I used to believe that January 1st was that day that everyone rushed to the stores to by a new calender.— Dan - NC
- I used to believe that the short display beds at department stores were for dwarfs.— p