the past

I used to believe that before the 1950's, the world was in black and white instead of color.

I used to believe that I could stop the war in Vietnam by running out between the fighting sides. I didn't think that they would shoot a child. I then thought that I could get them to sit down and talk about it reasonably and work thinks out in a peaceable fashion.

I used to believe before color television people not only watched tv in black and white, but also lived life in black and white.

When I was a kid I use to think that the worldonce was black and white. I asked my dad if that was true. He said that a long time ago that a big color storm covered the whole earth and brought color.

At some point when I was very young, I came to the conclusion that the phrase "hurt like the Dickens" was associated with Charles Dickens and that he was a wicked man. Eventually, this mutated into a belief that A Christmas Carol was autobiographical and that Charles was Scrooge (only he hadn't become nice in the end like the character in the book). Later, in the 3rd grade, I was asked to give a report on Charles Dickens based on an illustrated book for children about the man. Thinking I already knew everything I needed to know about him from seeing the film version of A Christmas Carol, I winged it. I found myself in front of the class telling everyone that Charles Dickens was an evil man who didn't pay his workers very well and hated handicapped kids. At one point I got Scrooge confused with the Grinch and told everyone that Charles Dickens stole children's toys and abused his dog.

When I was 10, there was a fireworks show outsie my house. I asked what was happening, and my sister told me that we were being bombed by iraqis. It scared the crap out for the rest of the night and I cried until my mom finally told me otherwise.

I was about five when Diana and Price Charles got married and I remember watching the wedding on TV with my mom. Only problem was I thought Diana was the Princess of WHALES, not WALES. I imagined after the wedding she and Charles would ride off into the sunset on the back of two humpbacks...

When I was very little and would see black & white photo's of people. I was led to believe that the olden days were actually in black and white.

When I was 9 years old, I heard my dad listening to something on the Discovery Channel about the Great Depression. Using my warped information, I concluded that the Great Depression was caused by large numbers of people jumping off of tall buildings and creating a huge hole (or depression) in the street.

I watched my favorite cartoon betty boop which was in black and white and I remember my mother saying that the tape was old so I came to the conclusion that one day (I dont know when) the world changed from black and white to color so thats why tom and jerry and me and my friends where in color. ODD HUH:)

When I was little, I went to a hospital, and I saw a omish couple. I yelled out and said. "Look dad, Pilgrims.!" I was told to be quiet as we ran out of the hostpital

When I was a kid, my father's funds were very limited raising 3 kids on his own, so all our TV's for a long time were black and white. I Used to think all people were black and white, not the flesh color we obviously are. I used to walk around asking why aren't you black and white?

when i was little i thought that "in the olden days" that everything was in black and white and that you had to buy color, and it was very expesive and it came in a box.

I used to think that the whole world was all black and white in the old days, just like in the movies, and the Wizard of Oz was a major breathrough.

I used to think, like old movies, life in the past WAS actually black and white.

I was born right about when color film came along. Looking at my parents and older brothers and sister pictures, I thought that color happened when I was born. I felt so sorry for all of the people born before me, even their dogs were black and white.