He is called Sinterklaas here, and still celebrated every year.
What silly thing did you once believe in?
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Nardpuncher
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Whatever man, don't ruin the guy's joke.
I once believed honesty is the best policy. Been shown that aint always true many a time
Nardpuncher
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Yeah, I know. But correcting it kind of ruins his joke.
Nardpuncher
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I disagree because I snickered at his comment but sighed and rolled my eyes at yours.
I used to believe, at various different times, a giant squid/great white shark/evil creature lived in the deep end of swimming pools, and was just waiting to come out and go on a wild, bloody rampage.
This isn't silly. It's fact. I'm pretty sure, at least, that there's something lurking there.
This isn't silly. It's fact. I'm pretty sure, at least, that there's something lurking there.
I'm very particular about what swimming pools or large bodies of water I go to. I don't really like being in the ocean, especially because of the sea creatures there.
Another thing I remember is that when I was younger I was convinced that if I slept with my head or neck out from under the blanket while I was sleeping, that I'd be more likely to have a monster come get me. I used to sleep with my bedroom door open to get the light from the living room because I also thought that the creepy dummy from Goosebumps would appear. I didn't realize until later that if such a thing were true, leaving my door open would make it even more likely something would happen.
That my vote might count.
Nardpuncher
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Oh, here's one...I knew that the southern hemisphere was warm in the months of November, December and January etc. and cooler in the months of June, July etc but I only found out that December to March are called Summer also. I mean, I thought it was global thing that summer was June 21st to September 21st or whatever, no matter what the climate is.
More ignorant that "believing a weird thing" though.
More ignorant that "believing a weird thing" though.
Just living will fix this.
What silly thing did i once believe in? The Roman Catholic Church. 
I used to lie in bed at night and interpret the sound of the blood pounding in my ears as the footsteps of two men in suits and dress shoes walking up and down the street outside. They never seemed to get any further away OR any closer, and I think I knew that I shouldn't be able to hear anything out on the street from my bedroom at the back of the house, but I could see them very clearly in my imagination, and I was afraid of them. When I saw the Buffy episode "Hush," The Gentlemen creeped me out more than a little bit, even though they were floating instead of walking. *shudder*
I once saw an episode of Unsolved Mysteries that dealt with alien abduction and experimentation. It absolutely terrified me, to the point where I could not sleep at all. I was so scared I ended up asking my mom to come sleep with me. I was old enough to know how stupid my fear was, and I refused to admit to her why I couldn't sleep and wanted her company. For years after that, I couldn't sleep without hugging a stuffed animal or pillow to my chest. To me, it served as a shield against anyone messing with my chest. In fact, I still sleep that way, though now it's a comfort issue rather than any irrational fear of aliens coming into my room and sticking me with probes.
Also a gift from Unsolved Mysteries, there was an episode (might have even been the same one, I don't remember for sure) where there was a face in the television set, and that even when the TV was turned off and unplugged, the face was still there. I couldn't go to sleep facing my television for a while after that either, though that particular neurosis disspated more quickly than the fear of alien tampering.
I once saw an episode of Unsolved Mysteries that dealt with alien abduction and experimentation. It absolutely terrified me, to the point where I could not sleep at all. I was so scared I ended up asking my mom to come sleep with me. I was old enough to know how stupid my fear was, and I refused to admit to her why I couldn't sleep and wanted her company. For years after that, I couldn't sleep without hugging a stuffed animal or pillow to my chest. To me, it served as a shield against anyone messing with my chest. In fact, I still sleep that way, though now it's a comfort issue rather than any irrational fear of aliens coming into my room and sticking me with probes.
Also a gift from Unsolved Mysteries, there was an episode (might have even been the same one, I don't remember for sure) where there was a face in the television set, and that even when the TV was turned off and unplugged, the face was still there. I couldn't go to sleep facing my television for a while after that either, though that particular neurosis disspated more quickly than the fear of alien tampering.
Serious answer(s):
UFOs and Ghosts.
I used to believe in the whole UFO/Aliens nonsense. I believed they had visited, I believed in Roswell, I believed in Area 51 and that the government was covering the information up, all of that. Then I turned 20 and I snapped out of it.
Now, bear in mind, I still believe in aliens. Hell I'll even accept that some alien civilization out there maybe has developed some-form-of travel that equates to FTL movement. The universe is too big and complex for that to not have happened. I'm just not entirely conviced that these civilaztions have visited Earth, have crashed on Earth (why are aliens so bad at driving their space-ships anyway) or are even abducting people just to tickle their colon.
Now, I admit I've seen "some" "UFO footage" the raises an eyebrow as being "odd" and "may be" an alien craft but I won't be convinced that it is until I see some hard-proof and not just some shaky camera of some odd lights in the sky.
Ghosts:
This is one I stopped believing in fairly "recently" that being maybe 5 years ago or so. I'd think by now there'd be harder evidence than the, like UFOs, the vauge stuff we have now. With as many people looking for it as with as cheap as various detecting and video equipment is I'd think we'd have some harder evidence.
Both still, though, make for fun movies and TV.
UFOs and Ghosts.
I used to believe in the whole UFO/Aliens nonsense. I believed they had visited, I believed in Roswell, I believed in Area 51 and that the government was covering the information up, all of that. Then I turned 20 and I snapped out of it.
Now, bear in mind, I still believe in aliens. Hell I'll even accept that some alien civilization out there maybe has developed some-form-of travel that equates to FTL movement. The universe is too big and complex for that to not have happened. I'm just not entirely conviced that these civilaztions have visited Earth, have crashed on Earth (why are aliens so bad at driving their space-ships anyway) or are even abducting people just to tickle their colon.
Now, I admit I've seen "some" "UFO footage" the raises an eyebrow as being "odd" and "may be" an alien craft but I won't be convinced that it is until I see some hard-proof and not just some shaky camera of some odd lights in the sky.
Ghosts:
This is one I stopped believing in fairly "recently" that being maybe 5 years ago or so. I'd think by now there'd be harder evidence than the, like UFOs, the vauge stuff we have now. With as many people looking for it as with as cheap as various detecting and video equipment is I'd think we'd have some harder evidence.
Both still, though, make for fun movies and TV.
As a child, I thought when I heard the phrase illegal aliens, that it really meant aliens from outer space.
Also, I wondered what the fuss was about gorilla warfare.
Also, I wondered what the fuss was about gorilla warfare.
That reminds me of an old Mad magazine piece, “A Child's View of Newspaper Headlines.” One of the headlines read: “Guerillas Attack on Plain of Jars.” You can imagine the accompanying illustration.
But Sea Creatures are cool!
When I was a kid, nine or ten or so, I read voraciously about Flying Saucer-type stuff, from Ancient Astronauts to cattle mutilations, and it scared the hell out of me. I'm not sure if I really believed it, though, because I used to sleep out in the yard in the Summer, which I wouldn't have done if I really thought evil Aliens were going to drop out of the sky. But to this day, if I read or watch something about cattle mutilations, I literally get chills down my spine. It's fun.
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