Funny things you believed as a kid :)

TomTomato

My mom always told us that if you make a weird face, it could permanently get "stuck" that way.

_chiaroscuro

I developed a theory when I was three that the world really was black and white like in old photographs until Dorothy opened her door and stepped into Oz.

3foldchord

you know those small cul-de-sac streets?? They usually have a sign that says:
"NO OUTLET"

for the longest time I though those houses didn't have electricity.... (no outlets to plug things in)

It is embarrassing to admit how old I was before I finally understood they DID have electrical outlets.

krithsai

I thought boys were born from men and girls were born from women. I also used to be scared of using the toilet in airplanes because I thought you could get sucked in

3foldchord

I thought cats were girls and dogs were the boys.

that is adorable!

So did I!!!

agerre

Oh jeez, that "No Outlet" signs meant they didn't have electricity.

NicholeElizabeth92

Not me...but my younger brother believed that if you fell from a high height you would bounce thanks to my dad tell him this. So one day he climbed up a pine tree and well jumped. Well, he didn't bounce. In fact he broke his arm in the exact same spot that my dad broke his and exactly a year to the date....way to go.

chunkiedunker

where to start. i thought that factories steam pipes were cloud makers and thats where all the clouds in the sky came from.

i thought that helicoptors couldn't fly over water as the water wouldn't provide a hard enough surface to push the air into.

there was one more that was a good one but i forget it at the moment.

5ftnFun

My grandparents used to called swim suits "bathing suits" which, when I was little, I heard as "baby suits". I could never understand why grownups wore baby suits.

KBGirts

When my parents would stop at traffic lights they would wait and watch the other side turn yellow and then they'd blow really hard and our red light and it would turn green. We thought they were changing the light by blowing.

abheshek

eating cakes is good for health!

hkmurphy83

That if I could stack enough ladders on top of each other, I could sit on a cloud like the Care Bears.

bookworm_847

That saying the "F" word (or any other swear word other than crap) would immediately ban you to hell, forever and ever.

Oh, and also that if I didn't run out of the room immediately after flushing the toilet, it would somehow suck me in like some evil toilet-tornado and I'd wind up lost in the sewers. And I may or may not have, at some point, been convinced that I could talk to trees. (I was a strange kid)

I just have to say I love these.


I used to think that when there was thunder and lightning, vampires were going to come get me.

When I was little, I used to like to stick my arm out the window when my mom was driving. She told me once that her co-worker had a little boy who stuck his head out the window and it got cut off. My mom must have been having a bad day. To this day I can't put my arm out the window without thinking of that one, lol

penrbrown

I believed if I made fun of someone about something that same thing would be inflicted on me.

This belief was further supported by experience.

1. I made fun of some kid who had allergies. Later on I developed life threatening allergies.
2. I made fun of a cousin because she had big breasts. Later on I developed large breasts. Bigger than hers. >.<
3. I made fun of some kid for wearing glasses. Later on I had to get glasses.

*shaking my head* Of course I realize this isn't true NOW but it was this little mentality that turned me into the person I am now. I rarely make fun of people... unless I'm okay with taking on whatever it is I'm making fun of. LOL

vtmoon

swallowing gum leads to a gum tree, well I took that as a challenge as to have my own gum tree. To this day I still swallow gum and don't spit it :-(

akitagirl78

That blood was blue since the veins on your wrist look blue from outside, and that when the blood "hit the air" it turned red....

That's not true? I still believed that. Yikes.

ninjakowski

that the pawns in chess were called prawns.
that freddie kruger came out of the toilet when you flushed it (press the button and run lol).

JustJennie1

That blood was blue since the veins on your wrist look blue from outside, and that when the blood "hit the air" it turned red....

OMG I used to think that too!!

If you swallowed gum it got wrapped around your appendix and that's what causes appendicitis.

bikermike5094

that I could pull out in time...

GeekTink

I always thought there was something under my bed, just waiting to grab my ankle as soon as I stepped down. So, for the first 10ish years I could walk I would jump off my bed at least three feet because I was sure whatever it was couldn't reach me that far. Would also jump ONTO the bed from three feet away. Hit the wall a few times lol.

simplysera

that gutter holes with lids are the secret short cuts for speed cars of detectives for fast travelling.. My big bro was the one who told me that..

That number of pimples on your face is the number of boys having crush on you!

Drop_it_Like_Its_Hawt

That blood was blue since the veins on your wrist look blue from outside, and that when the blood "hit the air" it turned red....

That's not true? I still believed that. Yikes.

I believed that well into my adult years too - heck, I think a TEACHER even told me as much! But here's a more accurate description of why they look blue: http://scienceblogs.com/scientificactivist/2008/04/17/why-are-veins-blue/

sbbhbm

I used to think the lines on the road for passing made some type of force field, and if you tried to pass where there weren't dashes, your car would just hit the force field and stay in your lane.

shoshi68

That wind was made by trees moving.
That Guerilla (terrorists) were gorillas.
Frankenstein lived in the basement, but only came out when the light was off, so you had to run up the stairs after turning out the light so he wouldn't catch you.

aperrillioux

I always thought there was something under my bed, just waiting to grab my ankle as soon as I stepped down. So, for the first 10ish years I could walk I would jump off my bed at least three feet because I was sure whatever it was couldn't reach me that far. Would also jump ONTO the bed from three feet away. Hit the wall a few times lol.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Ditto. And I still do this from time to time...

EvilDollee

I thought by taping up feminine pads on windows would ward off ghosts.

pniana

My maiden name was Adam. Every morning my mom woke me up by saying "Up and at 'em!" But I thought she was saying "Up and Adam" like it had something to do with our name but I couldn't figure out what she really meant. It wasn't until college when I read this saying in a book that I realized what she was actually saying and that it, in no way, related to us.

BigDougie1211

I thought tampons were some sort of athletic performance enhancing product cos in every ad on TV the wmen were playing sports or running around or roller skating or something. a know, cos of Tampons. They were just a different kind of lucozade.

odusgolp

I used to believe my little girl nub would grow into a penis. Scouts honor.

AlbaAngel25

haha i love all these !!!