When I Was Little, I Thought

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  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    That "Broctoyouby" was a word introducing commercials on TV ("brought to you by")

    :laugh:
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    I thought all people had one TV for the picture and another for the sound. I had a BIG fight with my friend when she said they only had one TV:angry:
  • Heather75
    Heather75 Posts: 3,386 Member
    I thought that I could make orange juice from shredded up yellow dandelions.

    I have a million of these, by the way. My parents probably should have taken me to a psychiatrist...
  • egbkid
    egbkid Posts: 164 Member
    ...that i could chop squares of frozen snow and sell them to the neighborhood Mom's to keep in the freezer and give to their kids in the summer. (an entrepreneurial venture a friend and i had).

    (my older sister) thought 'Omit Oil' meant a special kind of oil to put into the low-fat version of the cake mix.

    (my younger sister) thought that she did not have to go back to school after the first day of Grade 1 because "All I am going to be is a Mommy" when she grew up.

    As for bedtime nightmares, the cartoons where Sylvester etc would get into bed, put their feet under the blankets and someone else's feet would come out the bottom would terrify me! I was always afraid that someone would be in my bed and it would happen to me!
  • spyceechicn
    spyceechicn Posts: 2
    that the crazy wallpaper in my friend's bedroom came to life at night- lots of little gnomes climbed around on her wall at night (and there weren't even pictures on the wall paper, just some weird pattern)
  • samcee
    samcee Posts: 307
    When my kids were little they thought that since moths would eat clothes, they could end up naked on the sidewalk if a moth ever landed on them.

    That is so cute!! :laugh:
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    that my kindergarten teacher was a witch.
    and the broomstick in the closet was her ride to work.

    and that bill clinton was hot. (wtf was wrong with me?)
  • zianiH
    zianiH Posts: 68
    I thought there was a guy living under my bed with freakishly long arms and legs named "Wacky", and if one of my limbs dangled over the edge he would grab me take me to who knows where.

    Needless to say, I wet the bed until I was seven...


    me tooo (i mean wet the bed :blushing: )
  • locomotion
    locomotion Posts: 67
    that Cybertron was a real planet.

    that was possible to create anthropomorphic turtles, and one day I'll "discover" the special chemical, create anthropomorphic turtles and go live with them in the sewers and fight crime, lol. :ohwell:
  • skinnyhopes
    skinnyhopes Posts: 402 Member
    That the moon really moved and followed me everywhere. haha :))

    Me too :)
  • whiskey9890
    whiskey9890 Posts: 652 Member
    that cats eyes were activated by a leprachaun called paddy that used to travel on the front bumper of the car during the day but run ahead turning them on at night, his mate mick used to travel on the back turning them off after we'd gone past.

    and that spider ears were in their legs, cos my grandad told me that if you clapped your hands they would run away, but if you pulled their legs off and clapped your hands they didn't because they couldn't hear you clapping, the truth didn't dawn on me for many many years lol
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Because of the phrase "skeletons in the closet" that there were skeletons in the closet! I couldn't sleep unless the cupboard door was fully closed. But the monsters under the bed would probably have got them.
  • brittanyscherich
    brittanyscherich Posts: 355 Member
    I thought my mom literally talked with God.
    When my brother and I were little, she would sit us down and say if you confess to me who did this bad thing, I wont punish you. But if I have to ask God, you're going to get in trouble. If neither of us confessed, she would turn around and act as if she was asking God who did it. One of us would then usually yell out our confession lol.

    I also thought I could fly. Bc I would jump from the couch to the chair. And of course, that space in between was flying XD
  • brittanyscherich
    brittanyscherich Posts: 355 Member
    I was also convinced that I was going to marry David Letterman until I was like 10. lol
  • Pretty_n_Pink
    Pretty_n_Pink Posts: 28
    I thought that salary was the same thing as celery.

    I thought that a witch sat outside my bedroom window every night and watched me sleep. I would never let my mom open my window at night b/c the witch would come and get me (I don't know why, but it was real to me).

    I thought that if I hung my legs/feet over the bed that a monster would grab me and pull me in, so needless to say I always jumped into and out of bed. My mom kept asking why I did this and I just said "cause".

    I thought that there were thousands of video cameras placed all over and that the people on the other side of the world were watching us (don't have any explanation for this one).

    My baby sister thought that if she ate twinkies her boobs would get bigger (she thought this cause I told her, hehe):laugh: Because of this she ate a whole box one day and got sick, my mom found out and I got in trouble. :ohwell:
  • magichatter06
    magichatter06 Posts: 3,593 Member
    I thought that people that had a street light in their front yard had a switch inside to turn it on at night haha

    I wondered how the same person could be on two different shows on TV!
  • sassylilmama
    sassylilmama Posts: 1,493 Member
    I swore the water from the bathroom sink was WAY better. I also thought I was adopted, my sister told me I was and being the only blonde in my brunette family I completely believed it.
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    I thought mustard on bread with a tiny bit of sugar sprinkled on it was good.
    I thought my house was haunted
  • JBRENTLINGER
    JBRENTLINGER Posts: 160
    I thought when I looked at black and white photos, that back then the world was black and white.

    When my older sister said I was shrinking, I really thought I was going to shrink down to the size of one of her Barbie dolls. LOL

    That superheroes were real.
  • Heather75
    Heather75 Posts: 3,386 Member
    I thought pineapples grew on trees.

    I thought that if I wished hard enough, I could turn my bike into a horse.
  • Flocker1979
    Flocker1979 Posts: 96
    That my pet albino mouse's red eye glowed at night, and he was evil at night.
    Turns out it was just the radio tower light blinking in through my window, and reflecting off his aquarium. I was terrified every night for a long time, though! :blushing:
  • magichatter06
    magichatter06 Posts: 3,593 Member
    I thought when I looked at black and white photos, that back then the world was black and white.

    When my older sister said I was shrinking, I really thought I was going to shrink down to the size of one of her Barbie dolls. LOL

    That superheroes were real.


    I asked my Dad if he dreamed in Black & White:laugh:
  • BflSaberfan
    BflSaberfan Posts: 1,272
    I used to think the world was black and white because of Nick at Nite.

    I used to think Niagara Falls was shut off at night.
  • sarahs440
    sarahs440 Posts: 405
    I thought the song named "Downtown" was only for people who lived near Cleveland, Ohio. That was the only downtown I ever knew of. haha I still laugh when I hear that song.

    I also used to think that if i bounced my leg while eating (a habit of mine), that I would burn off all the calories I was eating. I remember my dad laughing when I told him my awesome theory. Man I wish that were true!!
  • samantharae121205
    samantharae121205 Posts: 185
    -that there were bugs on the floor when it was dark.
    -lepracons were real.
    -days were longer.
    -that mom wouldnt find my food if i put it in the dish water. lol.
    -that pregnant ppl feed their babys thru their belly button. hahaa. :)
  • C_Bran
    C_Bran Posts: 254
    ....that JAWS could get me in my bathtub..........not the shower, just the bathtub.
  • wewon
    wewon Posts: 838 Member
    If I flapped my arms hard enough or wore loose enough fitting sleeves that I would fly.

    That I would be sucked down the drain if I didn't get out of the bath tube when the plug was pulled.

    That women became pregnant by what she ate.
  • healthyjen342
    healthyjen342 Posts: 1,435 Member
    that the sign in the grocery store that said, "Free, Take One" meant the closest item on the shelf, NOT the flyer beneath it.

    When I was five, I stuck a can of cream of mushroom soup in my pocket and took it home. When my mom found it, she asked me and I told her...the sign said Free, take one, so I did....:blushing:
  • healthyjen342
    healthyjen342 Posts: 1,435 Member
    That when I threw a fit because my PB was on the bottom bread and the jelly was on the top; My mom actually went to make me a new sandwhich... all she did was go to the kitchen and turn it over.
  • htimpaired
    htimpaired Posts: 1,404 Member
    I used to think if you held a dandelion up to your nose and your nose looked yellow, it meant there was enough butter in your diet.

    That my mom's boobs would fall off after she had my sister because she wouldn't need them anymore.

    That if I slept with both my arms covering as much of my pillow as possible, spiders wouldn't crawl on my bed while I slept.

    That there were velocirapators hiding in my basement, or able to jump on me from my friend's sky-light during a sleep over (this was when Jurassic Park was released).

    Here's a deep one for ya: What if....instead of the wheels of your car moving, they stayed still and just rotated because the EARTH was moving....
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