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Strange things you once believed were true.
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Once, when i was about 7, i was chewing the end of a pen, and it broke, and a fair amount of ink went in my mouth. I actually though i was gonna die! 
Also, i was convinced that the American flag was actually the English flag and vice versa. Still not sure what made me think that.
And i had a long argument with my mum about the pronounciation of 'broccoli'. I thought i was pronounced 'groc-curly'.
Nothing too serious.
Also, i was convinced that the American flag was actually the English flag and vice versa. Still not sure what made me think that.
And i had a long argument with my mum about the pronounciation of 'broccoli'. I thought i was pronounced 'groc-curly'.
Nothing too serious.
used to be afraid in the summer time when the locusts started making that "wee-eeew-weee-eeew" sound in the evening that there were aliens about to land. how the hell I remember that I don't know. I couldn't have been more than 4.
When I was four or five, I remember I used to get really mad at my mom when she wouldn't buy me something. I'd ask her why, and she said she didn't have any money with her.
"So write a check, you don't need money to write a check!" I said.
"So write a check, you don't need money to write a check!" I said.
When I was four or five, I remember I used to get really mad at my mom when she wouldn't buy me something. I'd ask her why, and she said she didn't have any money with her.
"So write a check, you don't need money to write a check!" I said.
I used to think that too.
If only that were true.
When I was little, I used to think factories only existed to make clouds... I seriously thought they were making clouds in there and releasing them through the smokestacks
Thats fun, and yet sad at the same time
That's incredibly smart, observant, and whimsical. Likely one of my favorite posts in awhile. Thank you for sharing that.When I was little, I used to think factories only existed to make clouds... I seriously thought they were making clouds in there and releasing them through the smokestacks
A brief glimpse into the magic that once was...
I'm fairly sure that it's a different species of bug altogether that makes that noise.
I used to believe...
...that if I didn't wash my ears, potatoes would grow there.
...that if I swallowed my gum, my insides would get blocked up and I'd explode.
...that other people liked me.
But now that I'm all growed up, I know only the potato thing is true!
...that if I didn't wash my ears, potatoes would grow there.
...that if I swallowed my gum, my insides would get blocked up and I'd explode.
...that other people liked me.
But now that I'm all growed up, I know only the potato thing is true!
swingerofbirch
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A few things come to mind:
If you swallowed gum it took your body 7 years to digest it.
That parents could decide to have a baby by talking about wanting one.
Then later that to make a baby a man danced around a woman peeing on her.
And in the area we lived we had snow usually just a few days a year so the school would close, and I thought it was closed for the express purpose that we could play in the snow!
If you swallowed gum it took your body 7 years to digest it.
That parents could decide to have a baby by talking about wanting one.
Then later that to make a baby a man danced around a woman peeing on her.
And in the area we lived we had snow usually just a few days a year so the school would close, and I thought it was closed for the express purpose that we could play in the snow!
on occasion, i still do.
a couple months ago, i got a fortune that read, "you will take a chance on something new." i took it as a sign.
did you used to float or something?
did you used to float or something?
It was some misunderstanding and I didn't know what gravity really was until when I was 8 years old.
Kinda weird but...
I used to think that the shadows cast from electrical lines on the road were actually skid marks from cars, then I would try to figure out how someone could skid in a rainbow form
I used to think that the shadows cast from electrical lines on the road were actually skid marks from cars, then I would try to figure out how someone could skid in a rainbow form
swingerofbirch
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Exactly what age was later?
Embarassingly enough not till sixth grade when we had sex ed....it IS needed....
swingerofbirch
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I think we got the whole thing that year, anatomy, what sex is, how people have sex, forms of contraception. I remember we spent way too much time learning how each form of contraception could fail and we had to memorize the failure rates of each form. And then they teach all about hygiene etc, a lot of it was misinformation, like I remember our teacher saying something about how if you were uncircumcised you would smell and never be able to get clean etc, and of course they just pretend that homosexuality doesn't exist, but that was sex ed in the 90s in virginia for you!
It could have been worse. Imagine what your first time would have been like if you'd not had that class
I used to think that when you paid for goods the change you received was the amount short you were for the product.
Eg, Product costs $20, mum pays $17, mum gets $3 change.
Yeah...never really figured the logic behind that.
Also, the old credit cards (I think they were credit card), before they were electronic held money inside them, and when they were used in the mechanical thingy that printed the paper, extracted the money from inside the card.
I hope that makes sense.
Eg, Product costs $20, mum pays $17, mum gets $3 change.
Yeah...never really figured the logic behind that.
Also, the old credit cards (I think they were credit card), before they were electronic held money inside them, and when they were used in the mechanical thingy that printed the paper, extracted the money from inside the card.
I hope that makes sense.