random beliefs

My father had false teeth and my oldest sister had a glass eye. When I was little, I used to believe that people could be taken apart to be cleaned.

Anon (from body parts : general)

I'd almost forgotten about this until I read this site, but I used to believe that the reason for AMBULANCE being written backwards (somebody else already mentioned it) was so Russians could read it.

borrrrr (from language : foreign languages)

i used to believe that when older women had hot flashes it meant that they had flashes of young, hot men pop into there heads.

Alexus (from grown-ups : getting older)

I used to believe that buffalos and reindeer were mythical creatures like unicorns and dragons, but wanted a pet phoenix because they were real.

Me (from animals : general)

I used to scoff at kids who somehow got the idea the people in Australia were upside down, since I knew that they were exactly like us, except that if they jumped they wouldn't come back down.

Starch (from the world : places)

I used to think the Pulitzer Prize was the "pull it, surprise!" and I always wondered what happened that it was so surprising when you pulled this thing, and why people wanted it.

Simone (from language : spelling)

As a young child I believed that when I turned into an adult I'd have to go in the store naked to get adult clothes.

Anon (from grown-ups : getting older)

when i was a kid i use to think i was the only human and everyone else around me was a robot for some reason i just had a gut feeling it was true

jeremy (from kids : i'm different)

My dad and the guy next door had both lost a finger in separate accidents before I was born. I remember thinking that all men, when they reached a certain age, had one of their fingers fall off.

Anon (from body parts : general)

I used to believe that spagetti grew on trees... coz my mum brought plants back in a box that said spagetti on it...

Sara (from food : general)