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Old 03-06-2008, 10:11 PM   #1
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Default Things you used to believe as a kid

I think we may have had a thread like this a while ago. But why not do it again?

List the funny, stupid, crazy, innocent things you used to believe when you were younger. I'll start.


I thought the local news broadcast was shot in a really tall building over looking downtown because of the back drop behind the desk. Whenever I was near downtown I would try to match up the view and find the news building. I didn't find it.


When I heard other people speaking foreign languages I assumed they translated it in their head to English. Seemed unnecessary to me.


I thought my dog could understand English perfectly and would talk back if her vocal cords could only talk like us instead of making barking noises.
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:17 PM   #2
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I always asked my parents: "Why the hell would girls need something (tampons) to stop them from peeing all over themselves?"
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:18 PM   #3
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i thought the Canucks and Oilers were teams worth cheering for

by the time i started following hockey i had more of a national thing going, cheering for any Canadian team that did well. moving to Calgary though quickly cured me of such ills
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:18 PM   #4
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I used to think in the old days the world was black and white, because old TV shows and movies were black and white.
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:20 PM   #5
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oh, and i used to think the term "school of fish" was an actual fish school at the bottom of a lake. i always wondered what exactly they learned down there
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:25 PM   #6
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I thought that when they filmed movies, they'd use a kid as an actor, wait for him to grow up, then finish shooting the rest of the movie...
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:45 PM   #7
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I used to think that when you got fired from your job, they literally set you on fire. Tried to stop my dad from going to work a couple times because of that.
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:45 PM   #8
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I used to be deathly afraid of stepping on those metal grates in the sidewalk in the downtown core, thinking I was definitely going to fall through. I remember that vividly. I would try my darnedest to step on those metal footprints, often having to jump from one to the next.

Edit- every answer so far has made me laugh. Awesome thread.
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:46 PM   #9
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calgaryflames.com forum was a good place to post.
I also wanted to be a sewer worker because I thought the Ninja Turtles actually existed.
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:49 PM   #10
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I used to think that when you got fired from your job, they literally set you on fire. Tried to stop my dad from going to work a couple times because of that.


Must've made your dad feel like a million bucks for his kid to say "But what if you get fired" before he leaves for work...
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:50 PM   #11
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I believed in Santa. So much that I actually saw him in the sky. My imagination ruled.
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I used to think that when you got fired from your job, they literally set you on fire. Tried to stop my dad from going to work a couple times because of that.
That is priceless! I hope your Dad appreciates that....what a cool story that would be to remember.


Mine....

Was convinced that I had everything it took to be an NFL wide receiver until I was about 13.
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:54 PM   #13
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That i was going to be an astronaut and the first man on Mars.
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:55 PM   #14
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That i was going to be an astronaut and the first man on Mars.
Rumour has it you're the first man from Mars.
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Rumour has it you're the first man from Mars.
Really? Well then, take me to your leader
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Old 03-06-2008, 11:00 PM   #16
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I used to think in the old days the world was black and white, because old TV shows and movies were black and white.
I guess being (assumingly) younger, I have a similar one. When I was in elementary, and we would watch those nature films where they'd show the rocky mountains and such. I always used to think that forests and scenery was much more grainy and blandly colored back when the films were shot.
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I thought that when a man matured and had a erection seeds would sprout on the outside of his member. I imagined they would look like sesame seeds and rub off during sex. Alas, I got older and no seeds ever sprouted.
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until a few days ago i actually believed that the toilet swirled in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere.
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Old 03-06-2008, 11:17 PM   #19
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Haha...

I started this thread a long time ago and I was actually reading through it YESTERDAY and almost bumped it.

Stop stalking me Burninator!

I used to think that bank machines just gave you money when you needed it and always wondered why my dad didn't just take out a million dollars rather than go once a week.
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I used to be deathly afraid of stepping on those metal grates in the sidewalk in the downtown core, thinking I was definitely going to fall through. I remember that vividly. I would try my darnedest to step on those metal footprints, often having to jump from one to the next.

Edit- every answer so far has made me laugh. Awesome thread.
LOL that was totally me. I remember my mom was on strike once from the hospital, she dragged me downtown to picket with her and the other nurses and I wouldn't cross those without using the feet.
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