I thought "Alzheimers" was actually pronounced "Old timers" so I went around telling everyone my grandma didn't remember anything because she had old timers disease.
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- I used to think that Alzheimers disease was called Old Timers Disease.— Justin
- I used to believe that all old people got the disease "OLD TIMERS DISEASE" Instead of alzheimers disease :D— MollyJohnson
- That Alzheimer's Disease was Old Timer's Disease.— Todd K
- I used to think that heater was spelled "header"(which i didn't know was pronounced hedder)— Olivia
- I thought there was a disease "Bigpox" that was like Smallpox only more horrible..— Xenomorph
- When I was 10, I thought that nausea was called Lack-O-Candy Disease. My mom made it up— Teddybearhaha