When I was young I misread the word pubic, thinking it said public. I could never understand why something you kept hidden was called public hair!!!!
A childhood belief about rude bits

others believed things like this
- I used to think pubic hair was really called 'public hair' until I was about 15— Spe
- When I was a kid, I wondered why they called it "public hair" when it was so private.Anon
- i used to believe that public houses were just houses were the public could go and liveAnon
- I always though as a kid that "To Let" signs were public conveniences with an I missing. Really.— Col
- my mum told me that the 'public' park was closing so she could go home— xx-lotty-pop-xx
- I thought the "To Let" signs on buildings meant they were public toilets.— Scottish Laddie