neighbourhood

I used to think that if you were still in the park when the gatekeeper was about to lock up in the evening, he would come along with a megaphone and tell everyone to leave, like when the pool attendants say everybody out when you go swimming.

Anon

When I was younger, I used to think my neighbourgh was a witch because she had a big and long nose with a big spot

Hicham

I used to think the landmark church in my local area was always changing location, like the moon, because you can see it from so many different places!

Anon

I used to believe that the lady yelling "Hello" from the ice cream truck song was a recording of my mom... until I realized the song was played outside our city and wasn't a local thing.

Eleven

In recent years, I thought 50 Shades of Grey was just an ordinary book series until I bought one from Ann Summers, cos I hadn't realized it was a sex shop, like Victoria's Secret.

Anon

Until quite recently I thought KFC did sugar doughnuts because of the bakery smell. How funny

Anon

This isn't me, but my mother. As a kid, she apparently thought that if you saw the street lamps turning off, it was lucky.

Anon

There was this one area of the local pool that I thought was called the "Disney Area". Why? Because I thought it looked like Mickey Mouse's head.

Anon

I thought that the barber sign meant candy because I thought it looked like a candy cane.

Anon