death

I used to believe…

When I was about 12 and my little cousin was 4, I told him that our grandma had died (meaning the grandma on his father's side). The only granda he new was his mother's mum, so he burst into tears, crying out: Grandma is dead!!!! I was well punished for scaring him! :S

I used to believe…

When i was younger i used to think that RIP on a tombstone meant REALLY IMPORTANT PERSON. I thought that they were more important that VIP (VERY IMPORTANT PERSON.) I guess i didn't catch onto the fact that everyone had RIP on theirs.

I was born in the 70's, so you know those old 80's photographs where there was almost a shadow of just your face up in the corner, in addition to the full length shot of you over most of the paper. Well, my cousin told me that the shadow face was my twin sister who had died and I just didn't remember her. I CRIED and believed it until I asked my Mom about my twin sister, and she told me the truth.

I used to believe…

As a child I used to believe that not so deep under the grave is just the underground cave when body lies, completly intact, and in regular suit, maybe a bit elegant and official. As I got learnt about coffins and the rest, I realized how "smart in other way" I was.

I used to believe…

My friend once told me that when people die, their bodies are buried on the street as speed bumps. Every time I drove my bike over a street bump, I'd wonder who was buried there...

I used to believe that the movies used convicts in scenes where people died, especially in cowboy and indian type movies. I figured they were expendible because they were in prison and nobody cared about them. I learned later about stuntmen and blanks and special effects.

I used to believe…

when i was little i used to think that since everyone said heaven was in the sky and hell was in the ground, when people were dead and burried they went to hell and the ones that werent burried went up to heaven.

I used to believe…

When I was about 4, i had two pet goldfish who, when they died were replaced by my parents(which happened frequently)unbeknown to me. Eventually my parents got tired of replacing them, and decided after about the 10th visit to the pet shop,that that would be the last.When only 1 fish was left, they told me that the other was still there and living under the stones at the bottom of the tank, which seemed feasable to me at the time. It wasnt until i was in my teens and remembered this that i questioned it!

I used to believe…

You know how when it's sunny and blue skies but there are those white clouds in the sky? And it looks like there's a beam coming down from it? Well I used to believe that those beams were beaming someone who just recently died, up to heaven. I guess I still like to think that.

I used to believe…

When I learned that poet Slyvia Plath had killed herself by sticking her head into her oven I used to wonder how she could have done it. It seemed such a painful, drawn-out way to die. Of course, that's because I thought it was an electric oven (the only kind I'd ever used) as opposed to a gas oven.

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when i was little i had a cat and when it died my mam told me she saw it turn into a cheeter and it ran away to find some other cheeters to ply with but it went so fast that it neva got the chance to say good bye i belived this until my 12th birthday when i found out what really happened!!!!

I used to believe…

When I was around 5 I tried to keep my iguana from jumping out of the cage, so I grabbed its tail to prevent it from escaping.

Well that wasn’t so great
The tail came off and I was convinced that I had killed my iguana.

The tail was still moving so that freaked me out even more

I didn’t stop crying for over an hour

I used to believe…

When I was little, I always lifted my feet off the floor of the car when we passed a graveyard. Someone had told me once if I didn't do this the souls of the dead would latch onto my feet and pull my soul out from my body. I did this up until I was 15 and I was learning to drive... I kept my feet on the pedals but I was sure tempted to lift them off.

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When I was about 4 or 5, I used to think that when people were killed in movies that the actors really died. I thought that real-life people who just didn't want to live anymore volunteered to play the parts in movies where people were killed. I just couldn't figure out that it was "pretend blood" or a "fake gun."

I used to believe…

when i was little i used to think that when a man came and tapped you on the shoulder it was your time. i thought that you couldent cheat death. now im 16 and i still believe you cannot cheat death.

I used to believe…

When I was little, I heard my parents talk about SIDS where babies died. So I thought if you named a baby "Sid", he would die. I told a kid in my class named Sid that he should ask his parents to change his name because he could die any moment

I used to believe…

when I was a little child, I used to believe that lifeinsurance made sure that if I died, a new me would come to live with my mum and dad. nice lifeinsurance, don't you think!?