I used to think Dr. Pepper flavor soda was actually what a Doctor named Pepper tasted like when you ground him up and stuck him in a soda can, and I didn't understand why anyone would want to taste that.
A childhood belief about drinks

others believed things like this
- I believed Dr. Pepper was pepper-flavored medicine and was afraid to drink it.Anon
- I used to believe that Dr. Pepper actually tastes like Black pepper. I'm still afraid to try it.Anon
- I thought there was a legal drinking age for soda (I had always been told that soda was not for children).— Dial Zero
- I never used to understand why salt was bad for you, but pepper wasn't.— Lara
- I used to believe that if you dig a hole in the ground and put pepper in the hole, the ground would sneeze.— Cookie
- I used to think that pepper was only used to mark where you'd put the salt.— BK