My dad used to tell me he had seen every episode of Road Runner, and would prove it by telling me what would happen. Even when he messed up, he claimed he was just getting the episodes mixed up. I believed him until I was a teenager.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that some day, they'd finally let the Coyote catch the Road Runner. I was so wrong. Le Sigh.— Givema Break
- Until I was a teenager, I believed that rain made worms came out of driveways.— Marc
- I always thought the song Blinded by the light went "Wrapped up like a dousche, another runner in the night"— Dawn
- I used to think if you messed with your belly button too much, It would pop out and you would spring a leak.— Jessica
- when i was a kid i believed i could make things happen just by snapping my fingers like in mary poppins!!Anon
- I thought that every TV show was filed live, and I always wondered why they never messed up.— Steve