around the house

When I was about 6 or so my neighbor told me that his grandma had a can of invisible paint at her house. I never found out if he had misunderstood something the grown-ups had said, or if he was BS'ing me. But, for a long time afterward, I sure did want to get my hands on that can of paint...

Jeff

I used to believe that if I could swing high enough on my swingset then I could swing up over the top of it and keep going around it in a loop. I tried, but could never do it. :)

Christiecat

My father used to really mess with me and tell me that when I was done washing a pot, he wanted to see his face in it. I could never tell when he was pulling my leg, and one night spent over two hours trying to accomplish that impossible task. My mother finally decided she wanted to join in on the fun and told me that I need to put some elbow grease on it. I then proceeded to ask her if we actually had any that I could use on the pot. I really thought that there was a substance called elbow grease.

CCC

Though she denies it today, my mother told my siblings and me that if we walked across a freshly waxed floor we would stick there forever. To this day, I still cringe slightly when I set my foot down for the first step.

Linda

When I was a little girl about 4 yrs old, I had (as most children do) the occasional accident in bed at night. The next morning, my mom would have to strip the covers and clean the vinyl mattress coverings with a water/vinegar solution. I thought I was such a lucky little girl because I had a 'water' bed. I told everyone until one day I heard my mom explaining the truth to my grandmother.

Elizabeth

I used to believe the sump pump at my friend Pete's house would cut off your hand or foot or what ever else you put in there (at least that's what his dad told us).

Tom C.

I thought our old furnace (which bumped, clicked, whistled and groaned even when off) was going to come get me some night. I used to keep a glass of water by my bed to throw on it and put out the fire in it if ever I awoke to find it in my room....

debi

When my family and I moved into a new house, I picked my bedroom for one reason and one reason alone. I was in love with this white canopy bed and , at the time, believed that if you moved into or out of a house, all of the belongings that were there had to stay in the same place forever. Unfortunetely, for me, I was horribly mistaken. Hey, give me a break! I was only three years old!

Jana Lynn

What time when I was young, I was cleaning something, and my dad told me to "put a little elbow grease in it". Well, we had a can of some hand cleaner in a can on our washing machine, and on the can was a picture of a guy using his elbow to pump it into his hand...needless to say, I thought that is what he meant for elbow grease. I have never lived that one down!

Lisa

when me and my brother was little we thought that we were in the army. so we tied some sheets together and jumped out of the 2 story house. then we wouuld get on top of the rotten well house and play look out.(this would be about 2am). the next morning my mom would come and retrive us from the well house. we were about froze,and couldn't remember going out there. i guess we were sleep walking. 20 years later we still don't believe the story when mom tells us.

christy

I was told as a child that the window key used to open all the windows in my house was infact a gun, hence giving me deep psycological problems reguarding guns. Whatsmore one of these keys hung one the wall above my bed....oh the nightmares!

Alex

My mom used to aways say if I lost something it would "turn up sometime". I never seached for anything I couldn't find because I figured when it was ready to be found it would turn up out of the carpet in our living room.

raceystacyUS

As a child, I'd heard of the idea of "wall to wall carpets", and was quite convinced that some houses had carpets going down one wall, along the floor, and up the next wall. When I was in college, one of the lecture halls had exactly this and I realised that part of my brain still had this misconception. Luckily, I managed not to make a fool out of myself on my first day.

David Bowman