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Not mine, one I heard from a customer. She wanted to fax us a check to pay her account, thinking that this would serve as a legitimate form of payment. (can you imagine if she'd wanted to fax bills and coins?)

When my parents told me that money didn't grow on trees I always thought I'd plant some and prove them wrong. But I always wanted to buy a toy or some candy with any money I was given, so I never tried to plant any money.

When I was little the were a string of arsons in my city. And I remember thinking, man I wouldn't want to live on Arson street, there is always a fire there.

When I lived in Korea, and my family was about to move to the States a friend of mine told me that people in the States ate weird things and one of the things they ate was monkey meat. Since I was born in the year of the monkey, I was afraid that they would try to eat me, and I tried to keep my family from moving to the States.

Whenever I heard the term "redneck," I pictured something entirely different than anyone could imagine... I actually thought that there was a race of humans walking around with red necks! I mean... Why not?

I used to believe…

wen i was little...i thought that there was a little man inside the cash machine and he used to count up the money that had been requested and pass it 2 my mum/dad....this fascinated me for years...lol

I grew up in California, USA, where many city names are of Spanish origin and have kept something like the original pronunciation. I used to believe that the city of San Jose (pronounced 'san ho-say' like the Spanish) was just right next to the city San Jose (pronounced 'san jo-za' as if it were English).

I used to think that Africa was called "The Dark Continent" because it was full of Black people.

I always thought that a bank kept your actual money in your own box. They weren't allowed to spend it, of course. So when you withdrew $5, it was the exact bill you put in. I got in quite a fight with my brother about that one...

I live in Colorado and went to my first ski lesson at about 6 yrs old. My brother told me about the chair lifts -- that you "jump off" when you get to where you're going. I thought he meant you jumped from the chair wherever you wanted on the hill. I was positively terrified going to my lesson, sure I would die from a the fall from 30 feet up. I was very relieved when the instructor told me you "jump off" at the top, when you skis touch the ground again.

I used to think that when we bought something at the store and they gave us back change, it was bonus money to thank us for buying their product!

I remember my Grandpa talking about the Cold War - and I always thought that it was a war at the south pole because that was the coldest place I knew of.

I used to believe that the "Poorhouse" was a real BIG, ugly house that whole families had to go live in together when they couldn't pay their bills.

I used to believe that New Zealand was a place, which was made by the butcher of my neighborhood, in order to put his lambs there !

I used to believe that if a white couple had a baby in, say, Japan, the baby would look Japanese, i.e., darker skin, straight black hair and almond eyes. If a white couple had a baby in Africa, they would have a Negro baby with Negro features.

I could not understand, after listening to theevening news during the turbulent period in the late 60's, why everyone Haighted this guy named Ashbury in San Francisco.