When I was 7 my older sister and all of the lifeguards at my neighborhood pool convinced me that there was a thing called a wetifyer. If you turned the wetifyer off then once you got out of the pool you would no longer be wet. I believed them until I finally became a lifeguard myself and asked my boss where the wetifyer was located...
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my friend used to believe that when the ice cream van ran out of icecream, they made the music...needless to say she never got to buy icecream from them
I used to think the Animaniacs lived in the water tower near our house... I also thought my two pet rats were Pinky and The Brain.
When i was younger, i used to drive down this road which had a sign that read "hidden drive." when referring to this road, i called it "hidden drive rd" for the longest time until i learned the real name.
I used to believe that nobody actually lived in cities--they all commuted from the suburbs to work there.
Halloween was so much fun as a kid. I used to believe that if I started yelling Trick-or-Treat while I was running for the house, I could get the candy person to the door faster. It usually worked too. I always came home with a lot more candy than my friends.
When I was about 6 we use to go to Los Angeles in summer to vist my grand-parents.They had a swimming pool in the back garden.When I was swimming, I asked my brother why I couldn't swim in the deep end and he told me"Well our family is part mermaid and that I wasn't enough of a mermaid." so of course I asked what I needed to do to become a Mermaid and he said eat lots os carrots which I hated and still do.I started to cry and when my dad asked why "I just said Daddy I need carrots." I think he thought I was just a very heath concious child.
When I was young, my brothers told me that water towers were aliens from outer space and that they were watching me. I was so scared of those things when my step-dad drove by.. thinking they were out to get me. Even when I had to walk nearby them too!
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When I was little i wouldnt swim in the deep end of a swimming pool because i thought there were lobsters in there and they would bite my feet.
I used to believe that babies needed to be walked in strollers, like dogs, because in my neighborhood, all the small children (including myself) would be walked around by their parents during the summer months
When I was little, I was at a photography studio with my parents. I saw a sign that said something like, "Order today and get 12 free wallets!" I didn't understand that "wallets" were a type of photo and I spent the rest of the visit wondering what anyone would do with 12 wallets. I figured you could give them away to family and friends...
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I used to believe that your tap water came from the swimmimg pool.
I used to think that if you didnt jump onto the first step of an escalator and off the last on then you would be sucked in. And if your shoe lace got stuck it would sucku you in and flatted you in shreds.
I used to live in Mexico city, in the federal district.
My last name being ruiz, and first name dani, I thought that whenever someone talked about the DF, it was about me. I also thought that the neighborhood was named after me. I believed this until I was maybe a teenager.
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I used to believe that the envelope I dropped in the mailbox goes down a series of pipes that will eventually lead to the intended recipient
I used to believe that cashiers kept the money they get into their cash registers. I then always wondered why they wouldn't advertise or try to get you to come to them so they can get more money...
when my sister and i were young, we went to a pool that had white tiles on the bottom of the shallow end, with the occasional black tile. my sister believed these black tiles were bottomless abysses and refused to step on them for years, until one day she braved it and was completely shocked it was just another tile.
one time, my friend and i were with our mothers and younger sisters. the moms wanted the younger sisters to take a nap while my friend and i went to the playground. to refrain from upsetting the younger siblings, my mother said that the younger ones were going to "dreamland" while we went to the park. i was extremely jealous as i thought dreamland was a theme park even better than disneyworld, and i couldnt believe i had to go to the stupid playround while my sister and friend's sister went to this magic kingdom.
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My older sisters told me that statues in cities were people who froze to death. I could never figure out why they turned stone-colored.
my mum use to tell me and my brother that when the ice cream man drives around with the tunes on, it means he's out of ice cream and the song is to say sorry.
same for the candy floss man ringing a bell