I never understood why the dish washing liquid would advertise itself as "useless." It was only when I was better at reading that I realized the package said "use less" because it was the concentrated kind so one didn't need to use as much to get the dishes clean.
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- To clean the goldfish you put washing up liquid into its bowl.— Sev
- When I was young I used to believe that when it is raining God is crying or washing dishes.Anon
- My grandpa and mom both used to tell me that if I didn't clean behind my ear that potatoes would grow there. — Bryan M.
- I used to believe that if I didn't clean my ears that carrots would grow inside.— Gilian
- I used to believe if I concentrated hard enough I could move stuff.
*sigh*
— Zog - I used to think that satellites were launched from satellite dishes.— Mike