My brother once told me that with German measles you broke out in swastikas, not red spots. I believed it until I did catch German measles
A childhood belief about being ill

others believed things like this
- When people would ask me what was my background, I would tell them 1/2 German and 1/2 Brooklyn!— Randy
- I used to think it was illegal to speak German in Germany because of World War Two.— Anonymous
- I was afraid of my grandma because i thought she had germs because she was german!Anon
- Since Germans speak German, I thought Jewish people spoke Jewish.— Lori
- German tiger tanks shot out tigers, the invading army would get mauled to death by all the tigers— Bob
- I ues to believe that if I broke th TV the people would jump out and try to catch me.— Lazyj (K)