I used to believe that babies were bought from shops, and that when my parents told everybody that I was eight pounds three, they meant that was how much they paid for me. I believed that until I was about 7 or 8. Yes, I'm still a muppet!
A childhood belief about reproduction
others believed things like this
- I used to think all money paid for goods at shops went to charity.— Tim
- I used to believe that Mums and Dads bought children from shops in big cellophane boxes— Richard M
- I used to think small furniture shops were basically cottage converted charity shops.Anon
- I used to think that pounds were called lubs since they are notated as lbs..— Katie
- When I was little i thought lb for pounds was pronounced lubs, and i called them that for 2 years. Anon
- I used to think that the abbreviation lb (for pounds) stood for Lilla-blams (like Kilograms)— Jake