When I was growing up I saw billboards for Household Finance Co. (HFC) My dad had the same initials. I asked about that and he said the company was named after him. For a few years I really thought the Household Finance Company was named after my Dad.
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- when i was growing up i had two imaginary friends. One was named Jennifer, the other was named Onion.— Tessica
- I used to think you had to be an adult to drink household chemicalsAnon
- I thought that the insurance company Aflac was owned by Ben AffleckAnon
- I used to believe there was a Russian Leader named Garbage Trough and an Arabian named Are A FatAnon
- The boy in my class named "Sahand" must have a sister named "Safoot".Anon
- When i was 6 years old i had a dog named Sandy. And i thought she was made of Sand.— Billy Bob Joe