Things you used to believe as a kid

[The Fonz]

Not myself, but a friend of mine believed that a girl had to be on her period in order to get pregnant. He thought it was always safe sex for the remaining 3 weeks or so of the month...

He thought this up until about 2 months ago, and he's 19 years old, been having sex for a couple years! He's lucky...

[Russic]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

I used to believe that politicians were honest, and if you read it in the paper, heard it on the radio or saw it on TV, it was the truth.

Apparently this belief creeps back into your life when you turn 70.

My brother is 9 years my senior, so when I was young and impressionable he was just getting into his delinquent stage. One day he removed all my toys from my sandbox and proceeded to flatten the sand out. He then used my toy shovel and crafted a long winding trench, which he filled with 100 little green army men. He then brought out a container filled with gasoline and poured it down the trenches. When I asked what the liquid was, he replied "ummm . . . . fruit punch". He then lit a match and my whole sandbox was set ablaze, little melting army men and all.

For several years I refused to drink fruit bunch because it was so incredibly flammable.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Hockey related, when I watched a game and heard the term, "Rink-wide" pass. I used to think the guy was saying "Rick-wide" and I would think that some dude named Rick made that pass famous. I honestly thought this till I was 15, god, Im an idiot.

[BlackEleven]

Originally Posted by chid

hehe, that is mean! I caught my sister stealing Pokemon cards from a Shoppers once and threatened to tell on her every time I wanted her to do something for me.
Making them get you a snack is unbelievably satisfying

You'd think she would grabbed the remote when I'm not in the room and threaten to turn the tables... Amazingly, that never happened. Definitely agree on the snack. Tastes better when its serverd to you!

[CaptainCrunch]

If I did my girlfriend standing up in the shower that I wouldn't knock her up.

[BBQorMILDEW]

I believed that wrestling was real.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

Originally Posted by Cowperson
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I used to believe that eating a wiener and a slice of bread, washed down with a bottle of Orange Crush, all while sitting on the banks of the Raven River with a fishing pole in hand, was the height of culinary delight.


You mean it isn't?

I used to sit on the banks of the Battle River with a fishing pole and similar picnic delicacies, and I recall that being living and eating right.

I still salivate like a Pavlovian Dog at the thought.

Cowperson

[tvp2003]

Originally Posted by The Fonz

Not myself, but a friend of mine believed that a girl had to be on her period in order to get pregnant. He thought it was always safe sex for the remaining 3 weeks or so of the month...

He thought this up until about 2 months ago, and he's 19 years old, been having sex for a couple years! He's lucky...

A couple of adjectives could be used in that sentence...

[peter12]

Originally Posted by tvp2003

A couple of adjectives could be used in that sentence...

Dirty? ######ed?

[Sainters7]

You know that big spherical speaker that hangs high above the 55-yard line at McMahon, and is supported by wires which runs diagonally along all four corners of the stadium? I used to think the PA guy actually sat in there. I remember staring at it, perplexed about how he'd get in and out of there.

[zukes]

I thought this from the time I met my current wife until I married her.... that she actually wanted sex sometimes.

[Schultzie]

When I was really young, I thought a babysitter actually came over and sat on you until your parents came home.

I thought that bread crusts were the healthiest part of the bread.

[Crispy's Critter]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

You know that big spherical speaker that hangs high above the 55-yard line at McMahon, and is supported by wires which runs diagonally along all four corners of the stadium? I used to think the PA guy actually sat in there. I remember staring at it, perplexed about how he'd get in and out of there.

That's hilarious! That's the exact same thought that went through my head the first time we went to Calgary and drove past there. Of course when I asked my dad how they got in there, being the smartass he is he said they slid down the wires hanging by the chinstraps of a helmet with a wheel glued to the top.

[kermitology]

When I was a kid I was convinced that ducks with red eyes were poisonous.

I also thought that a bus was actually an abus. So I would point at a bus and yell out ABUS!

[troutman]

The Old Spaghetti Factory used to trick kids into thinking spaghetti grew on trees. They had pictures on the wall.

[Dion]

When Danny Gallivan used to make his Savardian spinorama comments i used to think Serge Savard was a ballet dancer in his spare time.

[tete]

In the early years of VCR's we were recording something on the TV, and I thought you had to remain quiet or else what you were talking about would get on the recording.

On a similar vein of Hakken Loob, I thought Peter Taglianetti were two people "Tagli" and "Eddie". Odd that they were always on the same line! I only ever listened to Jets games on the radio, rarely ever on TV. It took me a few years to figure that one out.

[Devils'Advocate]

I was born on a first Monday in September. All through my childhood my mother told me 'Labour Day got its name because that is the day she went into labour'. Okay, believing what your parents say when you are 5, okay. But I didn't clue in that the world didn't revolve around my family until I was 12.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

I was born on a first Monday in September. All through my childhood my mother told me 'Labour Day got its name because that is the day she went into labour'. Okay, believing what your parents say when you are 5, okay. But I didn't clue in that the world didn't revolve around my family until I was 12.

Haha that's ok, you know those three mountains known as the "Three Sisters" on the way to Banff? My mom has two sisters, and she told me they were named after her and her sisters when she was little. I believed that one for a long time.

[Locke]

This thread should be titled: "Things your parents said to screw with your head."