general

I used to believe that when I ate a bowl of cereal that had a commercial i had seen, whatever happen in the commercial would happen to me. Like Fruity Loops, i thought a jungle would appear all around me and I would meet tucan sam.

Ben

To get me to eat my tomato soup, my mom told me it was "Porky Pig Soup", since she made it with milk and it was kind of pink. Since I loved the color pink and Porky Pig, I ate it up!!

Missy Rae

I'm not a very hairy person, and when I was 17 a friend told me that if I rubbed raw garlics on my face, it would help me grow a thick, strong beard and moustache.

And there I was, with my face all red and swollen, and smelling for a couple days, and of course, no beard and moustache.

Sammy B

When I was little, my mom used to give me pea soup. Since it was green, I was sure it was made with turtles. It might sound nasty, but I loved it

Sammy B

I thought the 70's spoof "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" was actually scary. I was terrified of tomatoes for years, and even more terrified of one coming out of the kitchen sink drain because of the initial scene in the movie.

danheretic

I had my mom buy a box of lucky charms because I thought the little leprechaun would be inside.

Catherine

when i was little my mother used to tell my that egg noodles were called frog noodles because kermit the frog ate them, because i was in love with kermit the form

Anon

the moment i realized that spaghetti and sauce were two separate things, that was my first childhood epiphany. a natural skeptic, though, i insisted on observing my mother prepare it because i couldn't believe those brown twiggy things were actually floppy red spaghetti.

captain bleep

i used to believe that if i didn't eat all my vegetables that those thrown away would get lonely. if i didn't eat them all, i would leave an even number, so each would have a companion if they got split up.

leslie

When I was about three, my older brother would point at the cookie jar and ask if he could have two. I therefore thought that a cookie was called a "two".

Ross

i used to believe that bananas have feelings too!

Ste Mono

I used to believe that if I didn't eat all of my green beans, the beans left behind would be sad, because their family was in my tummy, so I would force myself to eat them all so that they wouldn't be separated.

Jenn

At school, when I was 6 or 7, we used to get a whole kiwi in our lunch and I would be the only one out of my friends to eat it, so what my friends told me was if I keep eating them I would get hair on my chest.

Terdlicker

My parents always called the brown rubbery thing in the middle of mussels the "froggy" so I thought it was a real frog that got trapped in the shell. One day I was eating a mussel fritter and it had a froggy in it - I could have sworn it jumped out at me (making a break for it's freedom)! It gave me such a fright that I wouldn't eat mussels again as a child.

Tania

A family friend said he could wiggle his ears because he ate a lot of carrots. I faitfully ate my carrots but somehow I could never get my ears to move.

Lisa T.

Totino's once had a commercial for their Pizza Bites in which a whole pizza was folded down into one little Pizza Bite. I believed that a Pizza Bite was literally an entire pizza folded up, and told people I could eat a whole pizza in one bite.

Laura

Years ago in the early 70's I believe Ronald McDonald was at every McDonald's in America. I convinced my little brother and sister of this. We went to our very first McDonalds and of course no Ronald. They cried the whole time. I was older but I wanted to cry too.

Derrick

When I was really small, about 4 years old, my mother was preparing Thanksgiving dinner. I ran through the kitchen and could see the Turkey cooking in the oven. I asked her what was in the oven and she flippantly replied, "It's Thanksgiving Elephant". I completely believed her and thought for the next several years that we ate elephant on Thanksgiving.

Charla

My dad used to tell me that guacamole came from the eggs of the guac bird.

Thomas G

When I was a kid, whenever my mum asked if my little brother and I would like to go to the local McDonalds, I would ask if Ronald McDonald was going to be there. I was convinced he was evil and would kidnap and eat me. Its only recently that McDonalds have finally dropped him from their marketing. I guess its finally safe for me to go there now.

Wild