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When I was little, I used to believe that muscles and snot were made of the same substance. This was because of a book I read where it said that earwax was a thick, gooey substance like mucus--only I misread "mucus" as "muscle," creating a very strange mental image for me...

Freezair

A Tv commercial when I was a kid featured a western actor talking about his job and jumping off a rooftop onto his horse. When the director called cut the actor said "Oh my hemorroids" (sp?) and went on to sell whatever product the ad was for. So because of that commercial I used to believe that the technical name for everyones back side was "hemorroids" and I called my own ass my "hemorroids" several times between the ages of 4 and 5 before being told not to.

Kristine

i used to believe that snakes could come out of your butt if you didnt bathe for awhile

Ducki

i used to believe that our buttocks are hollow and that all our internal organs i.e are stomach, liver, kidneys, lungs etc are placed there...now as a biology postgraduate i know better!!

chandni

we used to believe that when we sneezed a tiny bit of our brain fell out! and we got dumber. so we used to try not to sneeze and put our fingers up our nose to prevent sneezing! those were the days!!

Anon

i used to think that black people have black skellitons

tim

When I was very young, the nuns at school told us that it was a sin to touch yourself except when you were bathing. I had no idea what they meant, and for a time I tried to keep my hands away from the rest of me.

Goldie

My grandmother has dentures and when I was little I saw her take them out once and thought that everyone could do that, so I tried to take my teeth out.

Anon

As a child into teenager years, I thought that those unsightly bulging veins on legs were called "very close veins" aka vericose.

Leslie

i used to believe that if you pulled a face and the wind blew you would be stuck like that forever

Lucy

I used to believe that your ribs were actually shelves that stored the food you ate. not only that, but different shelves stored different types of food. so it was possible for the dinner shelves to be full but the dessert shelves could be empty. also, the dessert shelves emptied themselves faster than the other shelves so you could have more room for dessert.

anna

When I was younger, I thought the veins on my wrists were from marker and that some random person came up to me and drew my veins on with purple and turquoise marker. I figured the reason the marker never came off when I bathed was the marker was permanent.

wobie

I couldn't discern the difference between the words "shoulder" and "soldier" which led to a bit of confusion at times. Like when somebody mentioned that their "soldier" hurt.

Easily Confused

When I was three, my father told me that if I pushed the cuticles back too far, my fingernails would fall out.
I still kind of believe it.

Jem

i used 2 think that goblens live in my nose

moneybagz$

When I was young, I thought that only women's bosoms could have erection of the nipples (I knew it happened, I once walked in on my mom dressing). One day I got out of the tub and while my mom was drying me I noticed my nipples. I was horrified and I thought I was a Hermaphrodite. But I used the term "Two-Gendered! AAAAAH!" then my mom explained.

Anon

I used to believe that the vein that is under your tongue was called a "clucker" which is what made the noise when you "cluck" your tongue, and since chickens can make that sound, I thought since they were smaller the red gullet was their clucker

Anon

I used to belive that when your foot "falls asleep" it was salt running over your foot. When my mom told me my foot fell asleep i started shaking it to wake it up. When my brother was around i would say "shhhhhhhh my foot is sleeping".

Ali

haha one time when i was like 7-9, my sister told me if i ever tried to shave my legs at my age then blood would sqirt EVERYWHERE and id almost die. she said i could only shave my legs until i got older so that wouldnt happen

andi