I thought on the song The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats when they say "we can act real rude and totally removed and I can act like an imbecelle" was actually "we can act real rude and totally removed like an African imbecelle" and was shocked they would put that in a song because it seemed really racist!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- the beatles song 'mean mr mustard' says "shes a real go-getter", i was sure it was "shes a real coconut"...— sally
- I held my breath near cemeteries because I thought it would be rude to inhale spirits. Anon
- As a child, my twin sister and I used to pronounce `Spaghetti' as `Mastaghetti'. Sounds a bit rude, no? Anon
- I used to believe that when you had a cousin twice-removed, they had died and came back to life twice.— Amanda
- I believed I could tap dance by moving my feet real fast. — Aussie
- I used to believe that if the tyres were removed from a car, it would work perfectly on a railway track.— Anonymous Whistleblower