the world

I used to believe that if I buried money it would grow like a plant. I put a lot of my allowance in the ground just hoping for a money tree!
I wonder if it is still there...?

My mom's ex honestly believed, until he was thirty no less, that the U.S. capitol, Washington D.C., was located in the state of Washington. He must have missed that day in class when they explain that though the names are similar, the two places are on opposite ends of the country.

I used to believe that every nation in the world were states of U.S.A. . Sometimes I still do.

When I was little I thought that all inflatable rafts were made in Cape City South Africa. Later I read it correctly as CAPACITY........

As a child I thought the whole world was England and that Americans were from another planet! I must have seen a program on a rocket being launched because then I was convinced thats how the Americans got to this planet!

I lived on the ocean and thought that if I looked really hard that I could indeed see China across the water...no matter what everyone else told me. I also though that the bamboo washed up on the beach had come all the way from China. Cause that's where pandas were and therefor all the bamboo in the world was there too. I think that the whole the earth is round lesson was lost on me until I was quite a bit older.

I thought Hitler was the name of the guy who shot lincoln.

I use to think golf courses were called "golf courts." My dad went on jury duty once and my mom told me he was going to court. I thought that meant he was staying out of work to go play golf.

When my 5 year old daughter visited New York City she saw the Empire State building and also the one that resembles it but is a bit smaller, the "Christ-The-Lord building". (Chrysler building)

I used to believe that certain babies were born with extremely huge shoulders.
These babies were sent to "training camp" (which is why you never saw them on the street as children and when they grew up the became professional football players.

I used to think that Eskimo's actually always lived in Igloos, like that was their home and that Indian's lived in tents.....and I'm talking about the 1980's LOL!!

When I was about 4 years old I overheard my Granda telling my Mum that my aunt was moving to Miami (Florida) Later I asked my Mum, "Is Aunt Babs moving to Miami?" She said, "Yes." I asked, "Where is Miami?" "It's in Florida," she explained. I said, "Well then, where is yourami?"

My sister told me that if it wasn't for the bridges, Manhatten Island would sink. This made sense to me considering the weight of all of those buildings.

Untill I was about 15 I thought that the birthmark on Mikael Gorbachov's head was actually a map of the world.

I believed I saw Abraham Lincoln on a cross-country car trip when I was 7 years old. I "shook his hand" at a motel in Illinois. I argued with my 2nd grade teacher who called my mother. She explained it was a "stand-in" for Lincoln.

When I was about 6 yrs old...I'd often hear your facing North... hmmm
So; it did not matter which way I was facing; North it was...East was to the right of me...West to the left...and South was behind me... I got so messed up when I finally realized that it wasn't the case. hehehe!!!