When I was 4 I overheard my Dad say that his drink went down the wrong whole after he started coughing. After that I was convinced that Liquids and Solids went down differnt pipes when you ate. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how I was suppose to eat stew.
A childhood belief about eating

others believed things like this
- I used to believe all liquids were water-based with things added to it to make different kinds of liquids.Anon
- a friend was convinced that his school was an asylum, and couldn't be convinced otherwiseAnon
- My mum used to tell me that you couldn't drink water out of the tap from the bathroom as it was poisonous.Anon
- I used to believe that "euthenasia" was "youth in Asia", and I couldn't figure why that was A Bad Thing.— Kellye
- I used to think that if you mixed a diet drink with a regular drink, it would explode. Anon
- When I first started learning to read I was convinced that vowels were called barnacles.— Andy Howell