A friend of mine mistakenly believed that "a view" was an animal, rather than "a panorama". Thus on every family outing, some one remark "wow...look at the view", and the poor girl would look desperately out of the car window for the ever elusive glimpse of this rare species, to the evident mirth of her siblings. Despite it taking years for her to figure out the truth, there doesn't appear to be any lasting pyschological damage...
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- i used to belive that pay-per-view was paper view.— matt b.
- My friend's sister believed the lyrics to Gazza's "Fog on the Tyne" were "Fog on the dinasaurs mine all mine"— Suzanne
- I totally believed my siblings when they told me the family was aliens and had a space ship in the garage.— cully
- My friend believed that when lightening flashed, you better smile because God was taking your picture! — Linda from Southern California
- I once told a friend of mine that if you held in a smelly burp, it'd turn into a fart. She believed me.Anon
- My siblings told me that if I ate too much cheese, I'd turn into a cow. I believed them.— Sophie