random beliefs

I used to believe that kissing was illegal until you were married, and that movie stars got special government permissions.

Anon (from the law : criminals)

I used to believe that whenever someone hic-uped their bones were growing. Hence the little jumps meant your bones were pushing each other away to make room for more bone!

tine (from body functions : general)

Me and my sister used to dig holes in the yard because we thought we could dig to china.

Savannah (from the world : places)

I used to think the heimlich manoeuvre was called the heimlich remover. I did not know until about a year ago (when i was 25!) that it was the manoeuvre, my boyfriend still makes fun of me for it.

Anon (from language : speaking)

Thunder was the sound of clouds crashing together, and the rain would pour out of the holes in the clouds produced by the crash.

Suzanne Hellerstein (from nature : thunder and lightning)

My son David thought that Trafalgar Square would be full of chickens. He also thought that any place underground was part of London. (What had I been telling him??)

Colin (from the world : places)

I used to think that being fired meant they set you on fire.
Or they just chopped off your head.

Anon (from grown-ups : work)

i used to think raisins were inside out flies. i still can't eat them to this day. :)

booga (from food : nasty food)

I used to think that 100+1=101 was too easy and therefore I thought it was wrong. I was soon corrected by my teacher who heard me calling somebody who thought that stupid.

Drew (from language : counting)

I use to believe that my Daddy was the biggest man on earth! I thought he was 9 feet tall. I thought he was the only still living gaint.

Lystria James (from grown-ups : family)