Stupid things you thought as a kid.

Dubchild · 05-01-2012 05:49PM

Snap :P same time posts.

Skerries · 05-01-2012 05:50PM

I believed that the first name you had as a kid was for only when you were little and then you got an adult name when you got bigger

mikemac1 · 05-01-2012 05:51PM

Was watching the news and the Mammy says there's Gerry Adams and I was told he was leader of Irish army. Well that's how I heard it

As a typical lad and fascinated by fighter jets, tanks and machine guns I wanted to see the full display

I saw a few men with balaclavas and firing pistols over a grave

Pffft, call that an army? I was less then impressed :rolleyes:

And so I thought that was the army of Ireland

maximoose · 05-01-2012 05:52PM

Girls peed from their bum.

Mr_Maestro · 05-01-2012 05:55PM

In my younger days I believed bin men only worked one day a week.
Those were the days

W.Shakes-Beer · 05-01-2012 05:55PM

I remember we had a strawberry scented bar of soap once.

I figured that if it smelled like strawberry it'd taste like it and took a bite from it.

it didn't taste like strawberry

Tom · 05-01-2012 05:57PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

I thought woman only had periods once a year - Wrong I was

This was probably true in pre-1980s Catholic Ireland

nudger · 05-01-2012 06:05PM

Used to watch the Western show Alias, Smith and Jones and always thought that maybe this time Alias will show up.

ICANN · 05-01-2012 06:07PM

I thought that Mary McAleese was voted by the people as president because she was going to build actual bridges.

I thought that if you sucked your thumb then you'd be left with a child sized thumb on an adult hand.

I thought that if I danced behind the telly then I would be live on national television.

I thought that one day Jesus was going to appear to me and give me stigmata

Big Nasty · 05-01-2012 06:10PM

nudger wrote: »

Used to watch the Western show Alias, Smith and Jones and always thought that maybe this time Alias will show up.

I used to think it was: 'Alas - Smith & Jones'

coconut5 · 05-01-2012 06:11PM

I found it really upsetting when my nose was 'stolen'.

philstar · 05-01-2012 06:11PM

i used to believe that when a woman falls in love she got pregnent

what innocence

05-01-2012 06:12PM

I was told that Spiderman could walk up buildings because he has sticky web on his hands and feet, so I raided our bathroom to find a sticky substance.

I then put toothpaste on my hands and feet and tried to walk up our walls... :cool:

And I was very disappointed that my "flawless" plan didn't work! :mad: However, I got my revenge as my parents walked in and had to clean up the mess...

Cheese Princess · 05-01-2012 06:13PM

I was totally convinced that if I put up an umbrella in doors I wouldn't grow any taller.

pappyodaniel · 05-01-2012 06:18PM

That Santa, the Easter Bunny and Jesus existed.

Looking back now I just shake my head at how naive I was.

CamperMan · 05-01-2012 06:20PM

Sitec wrote: »

The signs on houses for sale with "to let".

I though it meant the house had a toilet.

same here, but if I saw a shop / office with the "TO LET" sign, I though the "I" was missing, I thought it was a toilet so I slashed in the doorway.. I was about 8 or 9 at the time

Tom · 05-01-2012 06:21PM

pappyodaniel wrote: »

That Santa, the Easter Bunny and Jesus existed.

Looking back now I just shake my head at how naive I was.

What????

You'll have the Santaists on your back for that one

Plazaman · 05-01-2012 06:30PM

As kids we were always told to duck when driving under bridges or you could lose your head. I still get antsy going under some bridges and I sure other drivers wonder why is that fella at headbutting the steering wheel.

Jazzzman · 05-01-2012 06:39PM

I used to believe.

/deep

keithb93 · 05-01-2012 06:40PM

My dad always said to me "Im going to see a man about a dog" whenever I asked him where he was going. I always expected him to come back with a dog.

CrazyRabbit · 05-01-2012 07:05PM

I used to think that all adults were incompetent. Turns out it's only 90% of them!

DB21 · 05-01-2012 07:14PM

pappyodaniel wrote: »

That Santa, the Easter Bunny and Jesus existed.

Looking back now I just shake my head at how naive I was.

Took 48 posts for this. Shame on you AH. You're usually so much quicker with the religion bashing.

tayto lover · 05-01-2012 07:24PM

Did anyone else think that A.N. Other was an actual footballer who could play with different teams? He used to confuse me.

Caveman1 · 05-01-2012 07:28PM

I thought 'no fixed abode' was a place in Ireland somewhere, I would always hear the news readers say the person address was at no fixed abode, I never wanted to go near that place as it was full of criminals

44leto · 05-01-2012 07:29PM

I use to see my Dad and my Uncles and I thought it must be great been an adult. Adults were so at ease with themselves and all grown up, secure in themselves, capable of doing anything

Now I am an adult for years and I am now where near feeling that.

DubDJ · 05-01-2012 07:29PM

Used to think that if you kept doing faces your face would stick like that.

Also on the news when I heard Gardai have discovered a body I used to always wonder where are the arms, legs and head haha.

Youth!

Viral Vector · 05-01-2012 07:31PM

That a mountain (Neiphin) beside my house was a Volcano!

Dante's Peak made me lose sleep for a week!

Anyways Neiphin has a cirque due to glaciation which I didn't know as a kid.

Ms. Captain M · 05-01-2012 07:31PM

I thought there were men down the sink that caught all the water, used to push small bits of ham, bread etc. down the plughole to them.

And used to get very confused when I heard on the news that a "body" was found, couldn't understand why the arms and legs were always cut off.

tayto lover · 05-01-2012 07:33PM

Caveman1 wrote: »

I thought 'no fixed abode' was a place in Ireland somewhere, I would always hear the news readers say the person address was at no fixed abode, I never wanted to go near that place as it was full of criminals

And that there were loads of jobs in Jeopardy.

mikemac1 · 05-01-2012 07:34PM

What an incredible cartoon
I learned medical info from the cartoon that I remember decades later

And yes, I thought these charecters were inside me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d1wn7TizPY

They don't make cartoons like this anymore

Stupid things you thought as a kid.

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