general

i used to think that my stomach was like a movie theater, and if i ate only one of anything it would be lonely. like going to the movies without a date. odd numbers were bad because there would always be one poor thing left over. to this day i still (if it's convenient, i'm not crazy-obsessive about it) tend to eat in multiples of two or four!

Kelly

Two things, neither of which I believed for very long; One, I believed your entire body filled with food as you ate, hence how you were "full" Makes sense, eh? Two, my grandmother used to undress in front of my when I was very young (ew, I know), and I once asked her if grandpa had "nailed those titties on you, cause I want some." *sigh*

Morrgan

My grandpa once told me that if you get burned smear butter on it and it will taste better.

I'm still terrified of getting burned to this very day.

Anon

i'm of irish/english heritage. i thought that i could become black like my closest friend if i spent enough time in the sun. needless to say, i spent much of my childhood dreadfully sunburnt.

ze

I used to think that when you fell on the pavement and got small stones / sand / rocks stuck in your skin, you would have to have them surgically removed. Of course, I got this idea from one of my parents friends having to pass a stone.

Adam James

My parents had a beach house, so I was well familiar with sea weed. I wondered what was inside of people. I was intimately familiar with blood--so I imagined that people were filled (like the Scarecrow of Oz) with bloody seaweed. This was well before I met the "Oz" stories.

Jim Glass

When I first saw a picture of the human anatomy, I thought the brain was really snot.

Anon

when you cleaned your ears, the wax was smooshed worms that lived inside of your ears and that's what it was...worm guts at the end of your Q-Tip.

livingdeadgirl

My parents made me believe that if I touched wood with chemicals on it, the next day the body part would be gone. Oh the horrible things my brother and sister use to do with me because of that..

Edward

I have a heart shaped birthmark on my elbow. When I was little my family would tell me that it was poop. I would sit in the bathroom scrubbing my birthmark trying to get it off. Sometimes, i would scrub so hard it would bleed.

-Charissa-

As a child, i took the phrase "screaming your head off" literally, and lived in fear of coming across a screaming head flying through the air.

Cristofer

If you unscrew your naval, your bum falls off... :(

DJ faceplant

I believed until the age of 23 that lungs were hollow, and that if you had a collapsed lung that meant it went all shrivelled like a balloon

Kazzer

My dad had wart-like skin nipples on his neck/shoulder area. When I was very small, I used to point them out and ask what it was. He told me that there were diamonds inside!
I really asked him frequently, if I could have them, if he would cut them out.
It took me to my teens (16?) to realize that it had been mean deception.
My mum and dad probably laughed a lot when I was greedily staring at the warts in the past.
Doh!

Santi