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What were your misconceptions as a child?

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Geekster1963 · 14/07/2019 21:58

I always used to think when a pub said 'free house' it meant you got free drinks. I also thought a '99' was so called because it cost 99p. (Was a lot less when I was a child).

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daddykool99 · 15/07/2019 22:17

I thought LADIES toilets were only for little boys

Qwerty09876 · 15/07/2019 22:21

I always thought the Halloween saying was "Treacle Treat" 😆 because if toffee apples 😆 So I used to stay in as I hated toffee apples 😂😂

Ginger1982 · 15/07/2019 22:22

I thought a one night stand was something you stood up for 🤷🏼‍♀️

TildaKauskumholm · 15/07/2019 22:23

I used to think people got fat because water went in through your bellybutton in the bath, and also thought people wore their glasses to sleep.

Qwerty09876 · 15/07/2019 22:27

Oh another thing! I thought cherry coke had actual cherries inside of it, so I never drank it 😂 I used to say to (cousins/friends) if they offered me some " no thanks don't like anything with bits in" Honestly I'm chuckling to my self now thinking how on earth day I make it through life 🙈🙈

Qwerty09876 · 15/07/2019 22:30

This thread is sooooo funny 🤣🤣

Daisychainsandglitter · 15/07/2019 22:42

I thought Dr Pepper had pepper in so would never drink it.

Runoutofgas · 15/07/2019 22:43

@KipperTheFrog
OMG I'm 35 and to this day I thought Sinn Fein was a person Blush

DixieLandReject · 15/07/2019 22:50

I thought the number 7 was pronounced Patin.

Our landline began with 77 and I used to say patin patin four eight etc Blush

coldwarenigma · 15/07/2019 22:54

I thought that if I behaved and was 'as good as gold' I would get a really good job and a big house and all those who didn't would never be successful....still waiting for my reward for being good...thanks DGM
I didn't understand 'interest' on payments....I thought that as nobody had enough money to buy stuff outright the cost was split down weekly , being charged interest made no sense as nobody would pay extra.

Eastie77 · 15/07/2019 22:54

@DieCryHate I've been driving for over a decade and really don't understand what the "no return for x hours" sign meansBlush

I used to confuse the word prosecute with electrocute so the sign in my local supermarket that read "shoplifters will be prosecuted" really worried me as I imagined shoplifters strapped to an electric chair.

Charley50 · 15/07/2019 22:56

@DixieLandReject 😂😂

BlythesEyes · 15/07/2019 23:04

I used to think books were blank inside until you opened them and the words would appear.
I spent ages trying to open different books quickly to see if I could catch one out Confused

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Geekster1963 · 15/07/2019 23:20

Eastie77 it means you can't go back and park in there again within X hours. So if you can park for two hours say, you can't just drive round the block and park again.

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shrunkenhead · 16/07/2019 04:35

It took me a while to work out the "no return in X hours" signs. I thought you had to stay out for 2 hrs and couldn't come back to your car before then! Why they'd have this rule I don't know.
Killing myself laughing over "patin patin" and Hong Kong phooey!
I used to think all the shops closed at 7.30pm when I heard the Coronation St theme tune!

Binforky · 16/07/2019 06:28

OMG I'm 35 and to this day I thought Sinn Fein was a person

I'm 36 and part of my history GCSE was about Northern Island and I still thought that they were a person. Somehow I always thought it was the guy with the beard and glasses who was on the news from time to time. As you can probably tell I should pay more attention.

wanderings · 16/07/2019 06:51

I had lots of the Ladybird books which had a cassette to go with them, complete with "when you hear this sound, turn the page". I was sure that the cassette player somehow "read" the book; I had seen on the TV show "Chockablock" a book being inserted into a big tape recorder.

GimmeBread · 16/07/2019 06:57

For years I thought when grown ups bought houses, they just knocked on the door of a house they liked and said "I'd like to buy your house". I can't recall ever seeing a "for sale" sign!

BunnyJumps · 16/07/2019 07:35

That death could be cheated if you popped a Tune in your mouth as it would 'help you breathe more easily'.

That actors did not really kiss each other on screen. They just opened their mouths and the editor joined the image together.

That if a plane was crashing, I would not die as I would jump out just before it hit the ground.

LooksBetterWithAFilter · 16/07/2019 07:46

I believed the cheque thing and remember my mum saying she couldn’t afford to buy me something and I suggested she just wrote a cheque.

I used to believe that wearing clean underwear would actually prevent me from getting knocked down.

eurochick · 16/07/2019 09:09

@alphasox me too! Planet of the Apes didn't help...

Yerroblemom1923 · 16/07/2019 09:44

I too thought guerrilla warfare involves big apes with guns.....!

00100001 · 16/07/2019 11:34

I thought my parents knew loads of people, because they always used to wave/put their hand up (to say thank you, it turns out) when driving along the road Grin

footchewer · 16/07/2019 12:40

Lots of churchy ones here. I used to think it was "I am the Lord of the Dance settee".

AmericanLemonade · 16/07/2019 12:42

I thought all countries were separate islands for a LONG time Blush