I used to think that if someone was "behind the times", that meant that they were dead. Ironically, I first heard the expression used in a song from a kid's show, and I became upset wondering why they would mention such a terrible thing in a song for little ones.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon
- I used to think that the actors on tv shows sang the show's theme song.Anon
- in the song "show me heaven" i used to sing "make me breakfast" instead of "leave me breathless"Anon
- Until I was about 15, I beleived my Father was the person who sang the "Cheers" TV Show Theme Song.— Dustin
- i thaught the michael jackson song billy jean song said Janet's not my son Anon
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon