random beliefs

I was so sure I was bionic that I gathered some schoolmates together to demonstrate my superhuman powers by pushing my school a few feet. To my great surprise, it didn't even budget.

Eddie (from body functions : special powers)

When I was young I refused to drink well water because I thought it came out of whales.

itodd (from language : speaking)

I used to think that AM and FM stood for "American Music" and "Foreign Music."

Sylvia Fowler (from media : radio)

I used to beleive that unicorns really existed, and they had them at the Safari Park!

Julio Foolio (from make-believe : monsters)

I used to think that Albania and Alabama were the same place.

Not me (from the world : places)

I used to believe all Italian women were named Mia because of the phrase "Mamma Mia!"

Anon (from the world : nationalities)

I used to think that if I made the side mirror face the other mirror in our bathroom, I would be able to go into another world, like Alice through the Looking Glass.

Beanz (from at home : mirrors)

I used to believe that the road signs with an arrow pointing UP (as in up ahead) were actually pointing up to the sky. I wondered for many years how people were able to drive up into the sky!

Anon (from transport : road signs)

When I was 5, I came home from school begging my mum for 20p so I could buy a puppy. Boy was I dissapointed the next day when they were only selling poppies for rememberence day.

Naomi (from language : speaking)

Once, when I was 5, my brother and I were swimming in our pool. My fingers were starting to get wrinkly and I showed him. He told me that meant I was turning into an old lady. I cried.

Michelle (from grown-ups : getting older)