Up until I was about seven, I thought soda pop was alcoholic and that's why kids weren't allowed it.
A childhood belief about drinks

others believed things like this
- I thought there was a legal drinking age for soda (I had always been told that soda was not for children).— Dial Zero
- My mum told my older brother that dogs weren't allowed in London.— Fiz
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon
- Phil Collins song "I missed again" - I thought it was "I pis*ed again" - didn't realise he was an alcoholic?!Anon
- I used to think the word "european" had something to do with pee, and that kids weren't supposed to say it.Anon
- I used to think that adults spoke an entirely different language (not English) when kids weren't around. — Swordfish