When I was very small, we lived down the road from a sheep farmer whose first name was Elmer. Until I was at least six or so I was convinced that he manufactured Elmer's Glue, because his name was Elmer and there is a picture of some kind of animal (sheep? goat?) on the glue label. I guess I thought it was a product symbol or something. It was not until many years later that I learned that glue is made from the remnants of animals like sheep and cows . . .
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I thought that elmers glue was made from milk, since it had that cow on the glue bottle. — Monty
- As a young child I thought that sheep and poodles were the same animal.— Jane
- I used to have an imaginary friend named Mr. Nobody. He would protect me from my imaginary enemy, Bad Elmer.— Kdees
- I used to think mayo was sandwich glue and u had to have it to keep it togetherAnon
- I used to think cut and paste meant there were scissors and glue inside the computer!Anon
- I use to think sheep shrank when it rained.Anon