Daft things you thought as a kid...
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I didn't know until my first year of college that "Jack" is a nickname for "John".
It was because of that whole "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" thing. I was like, who the hell is Jack Kennedy? Then I found out...
It was because of that whole "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" thing. I was like, who the hell is Jack Kennedy? Then I found out...
Now all I can think of is Miss Piggy and Zippy.
I used to think there was someone at church sitting there waiting to chime the bell each hour throughout the night. I'm sure that used to happen but not in a very long time.
I used to think that it was the coolest thing in the world when I saw multiple cars, of the same make and model, but different colors.
Like this: My family once owned a dark green Datsun (don't laugh ) and one night, we happened to drive past the dealership where we originally bought it. I saw another Datsun just like ours, but in a much lighter green. That totally blew my mind. 
Like this: My family once owned a dark green Datsun (don't laugh
) and one night, we happened to drive past the dealership where we originally bought it. I saw another Datsun just like ours, but in a much lighter green. That totally blew my mind.
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You know when you close one eye and see your nose? I thought that was just the shape of one eye’s field of vision. I forget when exactly I made the connection that it was just each eye being blocked by your nose.
I have no idea why but I used to think that women could get pregnant by drinking a 2L bottle of Sprite. I was about 10. Maybe I thought it was filled with sperm…
Also at age 10, my mom thought it would be funny to tell me that if I sat next to a boy then his sperm would crawl down his leg and go up my leg and make me pregnant. So for almost a week I refused to sit near any boys until I had to sit with one on the bus ride home. When she picked me up from my stop I started crying that I was pregnant because I sat next to a boy. So she told me that she made it up.
All these years later I think it was pretty devious of her but still funny.
Also at age 10, my mom thought it would be funny to tell me that if I sat next to a boy then his sperm would crawl down his leg and go up my leg and make me pregnant. So for almost a week I refused to sit near any boys until I had to sit with one on the bus ride home. When she picked me up from my stop I started crying that I was pregnant because I sat next to a boy. So she told me that she made it up.
All these years later I think it was pretty devious of her but still funny.
Age 5: I thought I could grow a new arm out the back of my body if I could figure out how to put the bones there with my 2 arms. I figured I could just start life again and have 3 arms.. This was something I figured would be useful as I was in a hospital bed for a few months from my hunger strike at the time - I spent my 5th birthday in there.
When I first heard of concentration camps in some documentary, I thought that's something for me, cause I had trouble focusing at school, and I thought in those camps you learn how to concentrate. 
I also thought the GDR was a party, cause the other parties had 3 letters
I also thought the GDR was a party, cause the other parties had 3 letters
I was absolutely certain that there were left and right socks, since we had left and right shoes.
I was 7 years old when the phone company got rid of the old exchange prefixes. I remember phoning all my friends to tell them our new phone number began with "784" instead of "STate 4." After calling three or four of them, it dawned on me that it was still the same number!
I used to think that it was the coolest thing in the world when I saw more than one car, of the same make and model, but different colors. That totally blew my mind.
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When I was about 5, my father got me a Lucky Luke bendable figure, like the one from this picture:
Now, as a bendable figure, this is all one piece. And as you can see, he had his gun in its holster, but I really wanted him to be able to have it in his hand. So I got a pair of scissors and started cutting at the point where the gun and the holster met. Imagine my bewilderment when I found that there wasn't actually a full gun in the holster, but only the handle that was visible outside the holster. That really got me questioning reality.
Now, as a bendable figure, this is all one piece. And as you can see, he had his gun in its holster, but I really wanted him to be able to have it in his hand. So I got a pair of scissors and started cutting at the point where the gun and the holster met. Imagine my bewilderment when I found that there wasn't actually a full gun in the holster, but only the handle that was visible outside the holster. That really got me questioning reality.
I though tennis shoes were "Tenny Shoes" until 3rd grade when I saw it written in a book.
For some reason I thought you weren't allowed to name your child with a name that someone you knew had.
I was told that God was always watching. So. I should not eat the baby aspirin on my own alone in the bathroom. I then decided to kill God (5-6 years old) I snuck up on God in His imaginary place and put a knife in his back and he died.. This made sense to me and I never worried about God again.. Till it got really bad for me (a whole story itself) where I was in 12 step programs and gave in a little and now have a God that loves me in my life.. Of course the inner child inside me that killed God ... I talk to and am developing a relationship with as I am attempting to "reparent" Billy as a loving parent .. Billy calls me Bill inside my head.. And things between us are great.. Billy still feels he killed God. But he is ok with my 12 step God..(lots of work with Billy to accept I have a God in my life.)
Two things come to mind. When I was 5 I would watch channel 5 and it would say King 5. So I thought as long as I stayed 5 I would be a king! The other thing was when I was about 5 that I would watch Gerber baby food commercials and I thought that was what one called a baby. So every time I saw a baby I would call them a Gerber. And to this day I still think it is cute. Ok one more thing, I am on a roll here. I watched the Rolaids commercials and I proudly told my dad one day I could spell the word relief. I spelled rolaids. Because in the commercial it said "How do you spell relief?"
I thought with British Royal Kings and Queens had to take turns.
Ie King, then Queen then King again, then Queen again and so on and so forth.
It was only not the case if the Monarch only had all sons/all daughters and had nobody else to give the throne to!
Ie King, then Queen then King again, then Queen again and so on and so forth.
It was only not the case if the Monarch only had all sons/all daughters and had nobody else to give the throne to!
For a short while, I thought we were human beans.
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