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I remember when I was about 12 asking my mum for some dandruff, instead of deodorant. I had never heard of either of them

Reply 581

philistine

Original post by BeautifullyTragic

I remember when I was about 12 asking my mum for some dandruff, instead of deodorant. I had never heard of either of them

So she made with the dandruff, or....? :ahee:

Reply 582

goggy

Original post by katy_j87

When I was really little and had just started Infant school, I thought that teachers were basically robots who appeared at the start of the day, taught us, then disappeared. Imagine my surprise when I saw my teacher out at the shops. I had no idea she had an actual life.

When I was little, I saw my teacher at the shops with her elderly mother. That confused me greatly. :redface:

Reply 583

Botticello

When I was little had a game called Microsoft Dangerous Creatures on Windows 95 and in the dinosaur section it had a black and white video of one plasticine dinosaur killing another and because it was black and white I thought it was the only remaining footage ever of dinosaurs!

And with weekly television series I thought they filmed it really quickly every week and it baffled me when they showed them every day.

I also took years to realise that people thrust when they have sex, from the books I read I just thought they lay still.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 584

Ice Constricter

Back in year 3 I used to think "shut up" was a swear word because of my teacher. If someone uttered that phrase my class would all go, "ooooooooooooooooo so and so is baaaaaaaaaaaaaad. He said the "S" word."
We were even told that only teachers were allowed to say "shut up".
How terribly misinformed we were.

Reply 585

philistine

I've got a couple:

- I used to think, probably up until twelve or so, that tortoises and turtles were the same thing. It was simply an alternate name they went by.
- That people, once they grew older, never stopped growing in height. I always imagined by great-grandfather (as he was a tall man anyway) walking around like Mr. Tall from the Mr. Man series. Thank you, Roger Hargreaves.
- Until the confusion was later dispelled by my father, I thought when a 'toast' was given by someone, to someone else, that they would be placed into a giant toaster later in the day (without anyone seeing), and they would indeed die. I actually wrote a short story on this a few months ago.
- Quite common, though I believed that in the 'olden days', or the days of yore as it were, that everything was actually black and white, like in the old pictures. I'm a die-hard romantic, and at the age of twenty-two, I like to still think this. Sue me.

Reply 586

kaylafrances

Original post by Ice Constricter

I thought that too coz of the horrible old indian teacher in primary school who told us off for saying shut up :frown:

I also only a few years ago found out execution is not another word for beheading...

Reply 587

Ice Constricter

Original post by kaylafrances

I thought that too coz of the horrible old indian teacher in primary school who told us off for saying shut up :frown:

I also only a few years ago found out execution is not another word for beheading...

Reply 588

Hellz_Bellz!

When I was in infant school I thought my headmistress was the witch from Roald Dahl's "The Witches". We even claimed to have seen her take her wig off :lolwut:

Reply 589

RedDevilThing

When I was younger I used to think that an ingrown toenail was a nail that stopped growing and starting shrinking back into the toe. :ninja:

Reply 590

Miss Mary

Let me introduce you to the function

f : phrase \to my \, interpretation\, of \, the \, phrase \, until \, I \, googled \, it \, and \, was \, like \,

f ("Hail Mary") = "Hey Mary"
f ("Give us this day our daily bread") = "Give us this day our daily breath"

Van Halen's "Jump":
f ("Might as well jump") = "Maxwell jump" :facepalm:

Glee's "Loser Like Me":
f ("Hit me with the words you got") = "Hit me with the worst you got" (I actually prefer my version haha!)

Coldplay's "Paradise":
f ("She expected the world") = "She respected the world"

Reply 591

mardy1

Original post by TattyBoJangles

When I was about 5, I had a bit of red muslin. I called it my "Little Muslim", and it took me years to discover that a Muslim wasn't a piece of string :/

that 'little muslim' bit made me laugh so hard. good thing i wasn't drinking anything would have choked :frown:

when i was about 4-5 i genuinely thought Southall was called punjabi town :colondollar:

Reply 592

mardy1

Original post by Tpx

When I was young I thought that you just had to lie there without moving. Then I saw porn on the internet and thought that the guy moving in and out was just doing because he was a show off. :redface:

i thought that too :colondollar:

and when i realised what actually happened my reaction was :eek:

Reply 593

mardy1

Original post by Teofilo

I once asked a waitress to make sure my steak was manurated.

Not really a misconception but I used to imitate drinking alcohol with my parents when I was small. Whenever they drank wine I would always have to have ribena in a wine glass and whenever my grandfather would drink whiskey my mam would have to bring me in a tiny amount of coke in a whisky glass that I would sip.

that is so adorable. i just want to cuddle you for that :hugs:

Original post by Hype en Ecosse

When I was little my favourite toys were my "toy shoulders"

Pew pew!

LMAO ... shoulders :giggle:

Reply 594

ladymarshmallow

When I was really small I used to think that people on television (e.g. newsreaders) were "made-up" people and were not real. I also used to think that they were trapped behind the screen and were personally talking to me.
I used to pronounce "ambivalent" as am-bee-VAY-lent and "benevolent" as "be-ne-VO-lent."

Reply 595

Dalek1099

Original post by philistine

I've got a couple:

- I used to think, probably up until twelve or so, that and turtles were the same thing. It was simply an alternate name they went by.
- That people, once they grew older, never stopped growing in height. I always imagined by great-grandfather (as he was a tall man anyway) walking around like Mr. Tall from the Mr. Man series. Thank you, Roger Hargreaves.
- Until the confusion was later dispelled by my father, I thought when a 'toast' was given by someone, to someone else, that they would be placed into a giant toaster later in the day (without anyone seeing), and they would indeed die. I actually wrote a short story on this a few months ago.
- Quite common, though I believed that in the 'olden days', or the days of yore as it were, that everything was actually black and white, like in the old pictures. I'm a die-hard romantic, and at the age of twenty-two, I like to still think this. Sue me.