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When I was little, my mom would always scold bad manners by saying things like "What would the Queen of England think if she saw you doing that?" or "The Queen of England would never invite you to tea if you keep your elbows on the table like that."
I always wondered how my mom knew the Queen of England, and when she was going to visit so I could show her all the good manners I'd apparently been practicing for her.
Molly V.
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i used to think that in restaurants 'giving a tip' to the waiter meant suggesting how the could cook their food better....like 'here's a tip - add more salt to the sauce next time'.
Amy
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As a child, I was really confused about restaurants that advertised "All you can eat". It is, after all, an ambiguous phrase. It made me think that there must be SOME restaurants where a group of people might go, only to be told for some mysterious reason "Only some of you can eat here.", or "Not all of you can eat here." But those that advertised "All you can eat" must be telling you that they weren't that kind of restaurant, saying that "All you can eat here (not just some of you)".
Cindy
When I was really little, like 4 or 5, I was very intimidated by kids older than me. I always thuoght of myself as a "little kid". I would go to buger king and be really hungry, but I would never order the "big kids meal" because i was konvinced that i wasn't a big kid.
Little Kid
I use to think that when I got in line at a theme park that the whole park would follow my family due to secret speakers.
Ceci
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When I was little I thought that when you went into an elevator that it was like a magic time machine. I didn't realize they went up and down. I thought that they magically turned the floor outside into another place.
Audra
When I was young I went bowling with my parents once. By the entrance there was a room which I could see through the window was dark and had toys scattered on the floor. When I asked my parents what the room was they told me that's where they put little boys and girls who didn't behave. The only weird thing is that even as an adult when I've driven by that alley I get a weird feeling despite knowing my parents were just trying to get me to behave.
scot
that drive thru's were onlt for thursdays
jessica =]
When I was a kid I cried every time my mother said she was taking us to Applebees because I thought that all their food was made from apples and I didnt want to eat there.
Kristina
When I heard music playing from above me in a nice restaurant, I used to think that there were multiple bands upstairs in the attic playing songs.
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I thought that 'eating out' was when you were too big to eat inside the resturant so they served your food outside and you ate it there.
Sarah
Until i was about 12 (i know, it's a shame) i thought the movie screen at the theater was just a large TV, and the movie was placed into a regular VCR-just like we did at home. I would wait impatiently until the movie was scheduled to start and scurry to the front row when i suspected an employee would be putting the movie in. I never did find a VCR in the wall anywhere...
Kelsi
My Mother told me that if I didn't finish my food, (in a restaurant) that the waiter would charge us to take the leaft overs away. I was a fussy eater but beleived her and always cleared my plate. I don't have that problem now though, I'm always on the prowl for more food:)
Far and away from the internet
I used to believe that pictures, especially huge portraits of people, would rest when no one was looking or when they thought no one was looking. So you can imagine how afraid I was when I visited an art museum and we took a tour of the place. I just knew I would happen to see one of the people change positions out of the corner of my eye when we walked past.
strycc
I used to think I was going to fall through the ice and drown when I was ice skating and heard the ice cracking. I found out 35 years later that the ice skating area was just about a 5" depression on a park lawn that was flooded for skating during the winter.
Akron
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when I was little, my mum had planned the family holiday and told me I would really like it becuase there were lots of cycle paths in the area, but I misheard her. She seemed concerned when I was not excited about the holiday and was always miserable when there, until, when planning the next years one, I told her that I didnt want to go anywhere that there are lots of pyschopaths again. I had spent the whole holiday keeping an eye on everyone around me in case they tried to kill us.
Banky
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I was born and raised in Washington, DC - the National Air and Space Museum opened when I was six years old. For an embarrasingly long time I wondered who this guy was who was so cool he got an entire museum full of planes and rockets and cool stuff. I think I was 12 or so before I stopped wanting to meet Aaron Space.
Dan R
Shortly after my mom got a ticket for speeding my dad had the radio on and they were talking about winning a ticket to a concert or something. I was very happy that my mom had already won one so I told my dad and he laughed at me saying it was the wrong type of ticket.
when we would pass by "the crying lady"(a statue of a woman crying for veterans) i thought that she had been real and after becoming so upset over so many deaths she got frozen.i would always pray that she would come un-frozen.
laurarey
When I was little and my parents used to take me to the zoo I loved it so much I never wanted to go home, so my mom exitedly said, lets go see the exit and I couldnt wait to see this new animal and eagerly ran along. Oh was I disappointed.
Debbie
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