random beliefs

When I was 3 or 4, I believed that Kermit the Frog was waiting at the foot of my bed with an axe, and would chop off my toes if I let them hang over the edge.

Jay (from at home : under my bed)

I always saw a crocodile on the moon, none of this man-in-the-moon nonsense

Anon (from nature : outer space)

i used to believe that if you were driving forwards you were going north.

Pixie (from neighbourhood : excursions)

My roommate who recently turned 23 admitted to me that she used to think capers were animals... you know, like anchovies...

annie (from food : general)

So when I was little I used to think the alphabet song just named a lot of letters and I spent inordinate amounts of time trying to think of the letters that weren't in the song.

Megan (from language : spelling)

When I was in jr. kindergarten a little boy threw a worm in my hair and for years after I believed that people carried umbrellas because worms fell from the sky.

Laura (from nature : weather)

I used to believe that the whole world blacked out everytime I blinked. When I was about 4 I forced my whole family to close their eyes all at once and was amazed when the lights didn't go out.

Jenelle (from kids : i'm different)

when i was little i thought the word "prostitute" meant "prosecutor" and in seventh grade i was on the bus and I yelled really loudly HEY JAKE ISN'T YOUR DAD A PROSTITUTE!

Kate (from the law : criminals)

I believed that a census was taken by a helicopter that flew over the cities and someone was there counting each and every person

chelsaea (from science : technology)

I always thought that when you were ready to get married, you would go to a huge warehouse of people and walk around until you found the one you liked.

John (from grown-ups : marriage)