Childhood misconceptions

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When it was thundering and lightening God was playing at the bowling alley, so there was no reason to be scared, he was just having a good time.

Oh, that's so cute! When I hear thunder, I can't help hearing Raindrops on Roses in my head. That damn movie programmed me when I wasn't looking!
 

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When I was little I was terrified of going to high school - my older brother and his friends (who hadn't actually reached year 7 yet*) convinced me that the blackboard would be FULL of stuff that you would have to copy. After 5 minutes, the board would be wiped clean, filled with more stuff to copy within 5 minutes...and so on. ALL DAY LONG! I thought, "Oh no! I can't write that quickly! I'll never be able to keep up with everyone else and I'll be left behind!"

*Here in Australia, we don't have "middle school". 7th, 8th and 9th grades are part of high-school along with 10th, 11th and 12th grades.
I'll have to post my childhood misconceptions at some point, but had to comment on this. In a subburb of Los Angeles (Eagle Rock) the high school was the Junior high/High school, and had grades 7-12. Perhaps it is an annexx of Australia?:wink:
 

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i remember as a child, playing with my matchbox cars in the backseat while my parents drove. and when my dad would turn left, i would make the matchbox car turn left, and i couldnt figure out why our car was still going straight even though we were pointed left.

i also had trouble understanding why bridges were angled from far away, but got flat once we were on them.

In the same sort of category when I was very young I thought sign posts pointing straight on meant go up in to the sky. :confused:

Ah, these just triggered a memory. I used to think there was a whole underground world with it's own sky and all. Arriving by subway at the Eaton Centre in Toronto we went up a few floors and down a few floors in the course of shopping. I don't know if I lost count of the ups and downs or if it's built on a hill but when we went outside I was astounded to see sky because I was sure we were on the same level as the subway.

Directionwise I had a friend who always thought the top of the map was North, even though she'd turn the map as the car made turns so that her point of view reflected her direction of travel. This may not be a childhood thing though.
 

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When I first came to the States (I was 11) I thought this was such a gluttonous country. When we sat down at a restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf, the first thing the waitress offered me was a Super Salad. I said, "Yes". She asked, "Super Salad?" I said again, "Yes", but a little confused.

My brother nudged me and said, "She asked Soup or Salad"

I think I ordered the salad.
 

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Does it count if you didn't arrive at the misconception yourself?

When at McDonald's with my father I was suffering from choice overload. I just kept repeating indecisive "um"s while gaping at the menu board. So my dad told me they had those. They were at the bottom of the milk cartons just like the toys in a cereal box. I had to know what an Um looked like so of course I ordered the milk. Nothing at the bottom. They must have missed that one as sometimes happened with cereal toys.

I don't remember how long it was before I realized he'd put one over on me.
 

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I don't recall any of mine, but an old driving instructor shared a few from others she'd taught over the years in an attempt to calm my nerves and reassure me that no matter how bad I turned out to be, I was by no stretch going to be the worst...

One former student was shocked to discover that the car had indicators, as they'd always assumed only really posh expensive cars had them :eek:

Someone I actually went to school with (you'll be pleased to know I'm sure after reading this... I was in the higher groupings for all subjects!) almost took out several cars, a lorry and a bus full of kids after having watched a TV ad for the instructors car model where the car kinda squished itself to fit between smaller gaps between other vehicles (much like the bus in Harry Potter) Apparently that was her one and only lesson with said instructor.
 
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I used to think the Wombles were dead common, because 'Wombles of Wimbledon, common are we'. :redface:

Didn't realise there was a place called Wimbledon Common...