I thought panhandlers were called that because they carried around a pan and put all the money people gave them in it. For some reason, I didn't wonder why I never actually saw beggars carrying pans.
A childhood belief about money
others believed things like this
- that people in shops gave you 'change' if you didn't quite have enough money to pay.— suzy
- I used to believe that banks were owned by rich people who gave away their money.— Lyssa
- i thought an ATM machine was something which gave free money!!— Armani
- that the money I gave at sunday school would go straight to God.— christine
- I used to think that ATM machines just gave out free money when you needed it. Ahhh if only...Anon
- When I was a child I used to believe in the little mouse Perez, who gave you money for teeth.
— Chayma