Ok so I live in Ontario, Canada and i remember when there was all this talk that Quebec wanted to seperate from Canada I was so dumbfounded because I couldn't for the life of me figure out how they would drill through the earth and physically seperate fom the rest of the country.
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My brother convinced me that in a football match consisting of two legs, players in the first leg had to use their left leg only, and then in the second leg use their right.
When I was a young kid I used to believe that the best way to make money was to buy something. Everytime my mum took me to the shop and brought something she always got money! (little did I know it was just change.....)There was always the alternative of the magical hole in the wall that dispenses all the money one desired (or an atm...)
I was babysitting this girl and her sister, they asked me about the places I have visited. Well I mentioned that I had been to Chicago. The girl looks at me in disgust, and says, "I will never go to Chicago! THEY EAT MONKEYS THERE!"
One of the most hilarious things I have heard from a kid, I really would love to know how she came upon that wonderful notion!
I used to believe that the money I deposited into the bank would go into a special box with my name on it that stored the same exact bills that I gave the bank.
When my daughter was 3 years old, my favorite fast food joint was called "Miami Subs". My little one heard me say it plenty of times I suppose, because one day when a friend of mine told her he was going to Miami Subs, she sternly told him "It's not YOUR Ami Subs! It's my MOMMY'S Ami Subs!" She totally thought the name was Ami Subs and that it belonged to me! TOO CUTE!
I used to believe that a street in our town, called Miami Street belonged to my mom, because when I asked her what street we were on, she said, "My ami". I said, "Your ami???". She said, "No, My ami" and I said, "Yeah, your ami". It took many trips down that street to for it to finally sink in!
I am 52 now (2007) so I grew up in the cold war. For many years, I believed that the nuclear holocaust was at hand, so much so that I would hear thunder and think it was a nuclear attack. I suppose the constant news on the subject was a contributor. I finally outgrew it.
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When I was little, I thought Saudi Arabia was 'Salty Arabia', and that all those sand dunes were made of salt. It made sense to me.
When I Was About 5 My Mum Got Me A Map Of The World For My Room. And Up Until I Started High School I Thourght That Ireland Was France & Germany !!
I used to believe…
...that each country was a different planet...that's why we had to fly to get there =]
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When I was younger, I used to think that if you didn't pay your fire insurance, they would burn your house down.
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i used to think that desert islands, pirates and kings with their castles don't or didn't exist at all
When I was young I used to believe that California was in the sky. I thought this because ever since I was a baby my family and traveled to California a couple times a year to visit my realatives and I thought we had to take a plane because there was simply no other way to get there. hahah.
when i was 6 or 7 i lived in scotland and we were just doing some work in school on the vikings and how they had invaded england, when my mum told us we were moving to england. i remember crying hysterically because i truly believed that people in england still lived in straw huts like the vikings did. it took my mum several weeks to reassure me that we would be living in a brick built house with a proper roof
I never understood the concept of working and getting paid, but I understood the concept of getting drinks refilled, and I used to think that parents did the same with their wallets they would spend money, and then type in how much they spent and that much would pop into their wallet, like when you get a drink refill you tell them what kind it was.
I used to believe that when someone said they had a dollar, it was equal to a normal dollar (4 quarters). But when they said they had a buck, a buck was equal to 2 dollars (8 quarters).
I used to believe that china REALLY was underground and my dad always told me to watch out for the china man cuz if I dug to deep he would pull me down. I was scared to death to pull carrots, rubarb or dig potatoes when my mom or dad would ask me for fear that the china man would get me!
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I used to think that you always got change, no matter what. I remember standing by the ice cream truck impatiently waiting for my (non-existant) change.
my brother said " i'm goin to miami wanna come?" to my little brother said "yeah! i'll go to your ami!"