the world: places

I used to believe that Great Britain and Ireland were both circular in shape and were in the Southern Hemisphere, near Australia after something my Grandad said about Australia having the Queen as their head of state.

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.

When I was little I thought there were only two countries in the world: the US and the USSR. I knew the world was round, so I pictured the Soviet Union to the north (it was cold there) and the US kind of in the middle of the globe. Everything else was just water.

As you cross the Oakland-Bay Bridge at San Francisco, Calif., about midway there was an exit for a military base on an artificial island named Treasure Island. As a kid, I was always disappointed when we passed the exit for Treasure Island. I imagined something out of the book by Robert Louis Stevenson; sunny beaches, tropical plants everywhere (in the middle of the San Francisco Bay; ha!) and buried treasure just waiting to be dug up. Even when I asked to go to Treasure Island, my parents would't explain to me that it was just a base.

I mean, who in their right minds would pass that place up?

When I was in second grade my teacher told me to find Greenland on a map. I figured it would be colored green of course because Greenland was green! I never found it that day

I used to torment my sister by telling her that we would leave her in MINNESOTA. I learned in geography about the Arctic region and thought that Minnesota was a state there. She would cry everytime i said that -- afraid that we would leave her in the cold, barren land. Heck i would cry if i had to live in Minnesota too haha.

I used to be very concerned about the CN Tower in Toronto. I was quite worried that it would fall one day, and even more worried that when it did snap off at the base and topple over, it was SO tall that the top could land right on me, in my backyard, 7 kilometers away.

I belived that the only countrys in the world outside Sweden was USA or Sovjet! I couldn´t understand that it was true that Sovjet was gone when my teacher told me. And that was 3 years after it fell. :-)

My sister used to think that the cooling towers of power staions were cloud factories

when i was 4 my mom told me we lived in Indiana and i would tell people we lived in Diana

I used to think that in every country there was an exact copy of you but they spoke another language…… I used to think that my copy person would get washed up on a beach and id be able to talk to her ;)

when i was about 4 or 5 i ALWAYS thought that the world was just my little town callled stone. i believed this for years untill i learnt otherwise.

I lived in a state capital and enjoyed playing in the capital building as a child. I used to think that all cities had capital buildings and was quite confused when there wasn't one downtown. Luckily, I again live in a state capital so everything is right with the world. :-)

I used to believe…

up until about 6 years ago i thought everton was in london!

I used to believe that ScotLand was on an airplane. My grandma would always go to the airport to go to ScotLand so I just assumed Scotland was on an Airplane.

when i was small about 5 or 6. i used to believe that i actually live in a planet not a country. when people around me tell me that there need to go to USA, Canada and other country i used to believed that they went there by rokets not plane.