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A couple of weeks ago my niece (who is six) said that her whole class had 'detention' (no playtime) because they thought it was funny to refer to Jesus as 'cheesy' repeatedly... She goes to a Catholic school so that didn't go over well.

Oh Lord! Luckily I kept my misconception to myself...

Reply 141

LaBelleEtLeBete

Original post by Goody2Shoes-x

Oh Lord! Luckily I kept my misconception to myself...

I love when kids get 'detention', they act like not going out to play is just a step down from going to prison.

Reply 142

fwed1

Original post by joey11223

oh my god..it's bullet proof? I thought it was pulling through too! Oh well..bothered. :rolleyes:

...

haha i know it sounds just like pulling through! I'd only ever heard it over the speakers so I didn't know the name of the song (bulletproof)

Reply 143

The_Super_Nerd(:

"Kiss chase" somehow= Kids chase. Ah sweet innocence :colondollar:

Reply 144

Goody2Shoes-x

Original post by LaBelleEtLeBete

I love when kids get 'detention', they act like not going out to play is just a step down from going to prison.

Better is when mum or dad threaten to send them to their rooms, you'd swear they were threatening to have them adopted!

Reply 145

Fusion

Original post by RollerBall

Based on this thread I held a massive misconception that the general public weren't that retarded.

Don't be boring and post your own misconceptions Mr 100%.

Reply 146

LannaBanana

My brother used to (and still does) mess up words a lot. He thought a dressing gown was a "guessing gown", and when we were little and obsessed with Aladdin he used to think it was:

"George, george, arrest that man!" instead of "Guards, guards arrest that man!"

Reply 147

Arcanine

Original post by Fusion

Water plus some type of protein :s-smilie:

Protein? Brb licking it up to maximize my gym gains.

Reply 148

EffKayy

Thinking teachers training day was a day in which teachers exercise.
Didn't realise until I was like 12 what it meant

Reply 149

EffKayy

Original post by MyselfEtAl

For some reason I used to think the paper in the fax machine literally used to go through the wires to get to the other "number" :confused:

Oh, and until recently, I used to think Liverpool was in Scotland :s

hahahaaaaaaa me tooo!

Reply 150

ArcadiaHouse

When people say "none of them are," it should be "none of them is."

And you shouldn't say "One in ten are." It's "one in ten is."

EDIT: Ah, the illiterati :colonhash:

EDIT #2: It's true. It was even on Q.I. But by all means, continue to be retarded. :bhangra:

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 151

worker13

Original post by + polarity -

I thought my first day of school was also my last.

Imagine my surprise the next morning. :nothing:

Looool. Idiot! :tongue:

Reply 152

MyselfEtAl

Original post by EffKayy

hahahaaaaaaa me tooo!

Great minds think alike, eh? :tongue:

Reply 153

worker13

Original post by LeaX

I was told nits were 'tiny animals that live in your hair', so I was imagining tiny, cute little giraffes, elephants, tigers, etc. That is until the school handed out a leaflet with a picture of one on there. I was traumatised.

That's so cute I wanna squish your face in.

Reply 154

Vohamanah

I used to think (when I was very young) that everyone was born in English speaking countries and if they grew up unable to speak English they were deported =/

Reply 155

That Bearded Man

Because double-barrelled surnames were so rare, I thought people who had them were all foreign or rich...or both

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 156

PatrickD

Original post by Vohamanah

I used to think (when I was very young) that everyone was born in English speaking countries and if they grew up unable to speak English they were deported =/

You're name isn't Nick Griffin, by an chance, is it? :wink:

Reply 157

Vohamanah

Original post by PatrickD

You're name isn't Nick Griffin, by an chance, is it? :wink:

Rofl I'm a born xenophobe, evidently =)

Reply 158

PatrickD

Original post by Vohamanah

Rofl I'm a born xenophobe, evidently =)

Haha. Did you just think it automatically or did someone say something that made you think it? And when did you realise this wasn't the case? :biggrin:

Reply 159

Vohamanah

Original post by PatrickD

Haha. Did you just think it automatically or did someone say something that made you think it? And when did you realise this wasn't the case? :biggrin:

I have no idea how I got that impression. I think I just naturally assumed that as I speak English, the whole world did as well, and when I found out there were people in other countries and they didn't speak English I thought that was the reason they were in other countries :s-smilie:

I realised pretty young, I learned French from a young age and I think I managed to put two and two together French was "normal" for French people, like English is "normal" for me.