Things you used to believe as a kid - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

Burninator · 03-06-2008, 11:11 PM

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.

Jayems · 03-06-2008, 11:17 PM

I always asked my parents: "Why the hell would girls need something (tampons) to stop them from peeing all over themselves?"

Hemi-Cuda · 03-06-2008, 11:18 PM

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

ken0042 · 03-06-2008, 11:18 PM

I used to think in the old days the world was black and white, because old TV shows and movies were black and white.

Hemi-Cuda · 03-06-2008, 11:20 PM

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

IgnitedSoul · 03-06-2008, 11:25 PM

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...

Lucky boy · 03-06-2008, 11:45 PM

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.

Ro · 03-06-2008, 11:45 PM

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.

spydermal · 03-06-2008, 11:46 PM

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.

4X4 · 03-06-2008, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucky boy

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...

habernac · 03-06-2008, 11:50 PM

I believed in Santa. So much that I actually saw him in the sky. My imagination ruled.

Displaced Flames fan · 03-06-2008, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucky boy

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.

Dion · 03-06-2008, 11:54 PM

That i was going to be an astronaut and the first man on Mars.

4X4 · 03-06-2008, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Dion

That i was going to be an astronaut and the first man on Mars.

Rumour has it you're the first man from Mars.

Dion · 03-06-2008, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 4X4

Rumour has it you're the first man from Mars.

Really? Well then, take me to your leader

jayswin · 03-07-2008, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by ken0042

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.

Calgaryborn · 03-07-2008, 12:14 AM

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.

Dan02 · 03-07-2008, 12:16 AM

until a few days ago i actually believed that the toilet swirled in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere.

Barnes · 03-07-2008, 12:17 AM

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.

burn_this_city · 03-07-2008, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Ro

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.