Things you used to think when you were younger.

The Volt · 12-10-2010 11:16PM #1

What are the things that you completely misunderstood during your childhood? I remember being about 10 and hearing on about the IRA men and the Guerrilla training over in Columbia. I though they were training actual Gorillas

I also used to think that Stephen Hawking was Tonk Hawk's brother and that they were both skaters :pac:

InTheTrees · 12-10-2010 11:19PM

Money. I had no idea it was so important.

FreudianSlippers · 12-10-2010 11:20PM

Voltwad wrote: »

I also used to think that Stephen Hawking was Tonk Hawk's brother and that they were both skaters :pac:

:facepalm:

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 12-10-2010 11:21PM

I thought a man came out to paint the white lines in the morning

And that the cross man would come and give out to me if I wasn't in bed on time

KeithM89_old · 12-10-2010 11:21PM

I used to think ice cream came out of cow and straight into a tub

alwaysadub · 12-10-2010 11:22PM

When the TV programme London's Burning started, i got upset cos my sister lived there at the time and i thought she was gonna get caught up in a fire..

Sardonicat · 12-10-2010 11:22PM

I thought the phrase "kicking the bucket" was literal when I was about 6. Spent an entire morning gearing myself up to kick the waste paper basket as a dare. Eventually ran up to it, gave it a little tap with my toe and ran away from it. Wouldn't go to sleep that night in case I died in my sleep.

Pinturicchio · 12-10-2010 11:23PM

I used to think a Garda lived down the road from us and brought his car home everyday. In reality, the Gards were just called to our estate every day.

teaholic · 12-10-2010 11:24PM

You know the way the sun's rays comes through the clouds? I used to think that was God!

Deus Ex Machina · 12-10-2010 11:25PM

I used to think that I would get a prize if I sucked oil out of a pipe this kind old man used to hold down an lane near my school.

TanG411 · 12-10-2010 11:26PM

I thought there were little people in the TV.

Superbus · 12-10-2010 11:26PM

My friend's sister once said this: "I like brown people because because they make me think of chocolate. I want to eat a brown person."

It is now gone down in folklore.

KevinVonSpiel · 12-10-2010 11:27PM

I used to think I was indecisive... but now I am absolutely convinced that that is not the case.

Haw haw.

D'Agger · 12-10-2010 11:28PM

I thought when it rained God was upset...I understood the concepts of pathetic falicy from a young age it would appear

Latchy · 12-10-2010 11:29PM

Voltwad wrote: »

I remember being about 10 and hearing on about the IRA men and the Guerrilla training over in Columbia. I though they were training actual Gorillas

Same with me except it was the Gorillas in Viet Nam .It was still all happening over there when I was a kid

I use to look at the fluff in my belly button and wonder what it was , how it got there

Sanjuro · 12-10-2010 11:30PM

My parents took myself and my sister to the Canary Islands when we were kids. I was about 7, my sister 5. While at the resort, my parents told me about this band of thieves that lived in the hills surrounding the resort. They told me of how the thieves used to rob the rich, evil mayor, and give the money to the poor. Real Robin Hood characters. The leader of this band of thieves was Rodrigo The Bandito. One night we were in a bar and my da called me over. He pointed out this Spanish dude and told me 'you see that man? That's Rodrigo the Bandito.' My jaw hit the ground. I was in awe. And then, to my shock and delight, my parents introduced me to Rodrigo The Bandito. There's even a photo of him shaking my hand.

About 12 years later, I was talking to my mam about that holiday. And I say to her 'remember that Rodrigo fella? The thief you and da introduced me to in that bar. What was the deal with him again? Was he ever caught?' My mam looked at me. 'He was a random builder your father and I asked to pretend to be Rodrigo. There was no Rodrigo.' It was like the day I found out Santa didn't exist all over again. Santa having been proven false the previous Christmas. I was 19.

DOC09UNAM · 12-10-2010 11:31PM

That puberty would hit me.

alwaysadub · 12-10-2010 11:31PM

PaulieC wrote: »

I thought when it rained God was upset...I understood the concepts of pathetic falicy from a young age it would appear

And when there was thunder, it was God moving the furniture around!

I am was very gullible, so no doubt i believed a lot of stupid sh1te, i've just blocked it all from my memory

stupidusername · 12-10-2010 11:32PM

I used to think babys came our the womans bum

in fairness I didn't know there was so much stuff going on down there!

galwayrush · 12-10-2010 11:32PM

I used to think that if i worked hard i would make enough money to be comfortable. Silly me.

holystungun9 · 12-10-2010 11:33PM

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

I used to think that I would get a prize if I sucked oil out of a pipe this kind old man used to hold down an lane near my school.

Aaah, little Timmy, glad to know you are keeping well. It's a small world after all.

Jesus Wept · 12-10-2010 11:33PM

I thought the lollipop lady would give out lollipops. Stingy bitch.

sesna · 12-10-2010 11:34PM

I used to think "the government" was one man.

Sharkey 10 · 12-10-2010 11:34PM

I thought the world used to be black and white and that there was actually 2 pennies inside a 2 p coin , 5 pennies in a 5 p coin etc.

Tom Slick · 12-10-2010 11:35PM

I used to think I wouldn't end up spending time at this Shit.

FreudianSlippers · 12-10-2010 11:36PM

Sharkey 10 wrote: »

I thought the world used to be black and white

I said that to someone as a joke the other day and they didn't get it which really made me wonder if they still thought that. lol

5starpool · 12-10-2010 11:36PM

Latchy wrote: »

I use to look at the fluff in my belly button and wonder what it was , how it got there

I still do.

southsiderosie · 12-10-2010 11:36PM

alwaysadub wrote: »

And when there was thunder, it was God moving the furniture around!

I thought thunder was the angels bowling.

I thought that if you swallowed a watermelon seed, one would grow in your stomach.

I thought that anyone who was an "engineer" drove a train and wore one of those tall blue and white hats.

I thought that bad things only happened to bad people.

Latchy · 12-10-2010 11:41PM

5starpool wrote: »

I still do.

Now it's called navel gazing .

But sure what else would it be called :pac:

plug-in-baby · 12-10-2010 11:54PM

my grandfather had a big stereo and i used to think there was people in it talking and singing, i used to think that if you planted the pips after you ate an apple a tree would grow or if u ate them one would grow in you .
my mother also used to convince myself and my sister that santys elves lived in the bushes at the railway tracks behind our back garden and used to think we could see there hats if there was a bag caught in it. and when i was really small i used to think that when i flushed the toilet that a witch was going to come out of it and chase after me...... dunno where that one came from

FoxT · 12-10-2010 11:56PM

Thought for ages it was 'De Iron Throat' ...

- FoxT

Things you used to think when you were younger.

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