I used to be intrigued by those packets of FisherMan's Friend throat lozenges. I was determined to one day buy some when I went to the sweet shop but was scared to death that the shop assistant would refuse to sell them to me because I wasn't a fisherman! So I concocted a story in my head that my grandad was a fisherman and went to the shop in a big wooly jumper so i'd look the part. Bought them no probs but promtly threw up on first taste. Never bought them since!
A childhood belief about sweeties
others believed things like this
- When there was an advert for a "3 peice suite" i thought it was a shop selling 3 P Sweet's!!!— Kate Parker
- I used to believe it was illegal to shop at Goodwill unless you were poor.— Aretia
- I used to think that a strip mall was where you shop naked.— WD
- I always thought that shoplifting is about lifting the shop from the ground.— Helen
- I used to think testers were short for testacles! So in the shop i used to say can i try a testacle!— Ro
- I use to believe that a stripmall was a place where people could shop nakedAnon