Random things you believed as a child light hearted

[NimbleHiker]

I thought that my neighbours were moving their furniture about when it thundered. I thought that the moon was made of cheese. I thought that periods started on the first day of each month.

That everybody who died was mentioned on the news upon passing.

I was very confused when someone said their family member died as I hadn’t seen it on the news before (luckily I didn’t voice that!)

I thought my dad knew almost everyone who had a car because he would wave to so many people.

I thought the roadworks sign: 'Heavy Plant Crossing' meant just that. The only heavy plants I knew of were trees. 😂

I thought red grapes got their colour from the dead dogs that were buried under the plants, thats what my great grandad told me and I didn't eat red grapes for years because I was horrified and it upset me so much.

I think about how silly I must have sounded every time I chuck them in my trolley 🤣

I thought God's name was Peter because at Mass we said "Thanks Peter God" (non-Catholics, the line was Thanks Be To God!)

I thought that if a character died in coronation street the actor died in real life.

For a while, I believed that my uncle Brian and Brian Ferry were the same person. They have the same name and are actually quite similar-looking. However, i was very blasé about having such a famous uncle because i was only about 4 years old…

I thought if you turned on the switch on an electric socket without there being a plug in, the electricity would run out onto the floor.

My brother convinced me that all the sheep that live on the Welsh hills are called Sprogglegrommits and have 2 legs longer than the other so they can stand up on the hills.

I thought Henry VIII's second wife was called Amber-Lyn. Never saw it written down. Thought she must be like Madonna and didn't need a surname as she was famous.

That when you flush the loo on an aeroplane you will get sucked through. Still nervous now.

I thought people were inside the tv making the picture

probably a common one…she hopes!

😂😂 That’s insane!

I thought every song on the radio was live and performed at the moment it was being broadcasted.

In the years of The Triffids, when much younger, those signs did indeed conjure up images of triffid type plants crossing 😆

I was a huge Abba fan as a very young kid (still am!). My db hated them. He told me that every time I played their records (showing my age!) it forced them to sing, and sometimes they really wanted a rest. I believed him for a while then wondered what would happen if 2 different Abba songs were played in 2 different houses. How would they manage to sing 2 different songs at the same time? 🤔

That if you flushed the toilet whilst sat on it, a vampire would come up the u-bend and bite your bum (don't ask, I have no idea where that came from!) 😅

We had one of those old, big, radiogram sideboard type pieces of furniture, and it had a small orange light when it was on. I can remember, when I was really quite little, looking in to that orange light when the radio was on, thinking that maybe there were people in there and that I’d be able to see them through the light 😂😂😂 I was so very young! Possibly one of my earlier recollections. Im sure i had more imagination than I do now!

That the blankety-blank chequebook and pen was an actual book of cheques, and the only way to get a chequebook was to win one on blankety-blank. I was very confused that my parents had a chequebook but would deny they'd ever been on the show, I rationalised it by assuming they didn't want other people to know in our village in case they all started asking them for cheques.

I thought this was how trains went over the Forth Bridge. The first time I saw one go over I was astounded at my stupidity!

(photo incoming)

I thought that people were inside the radio. I would say hello to the wireless and i was disappointed when i didn't get a hello in return.

I believed that earwigs were so called because they could crawl in your ear and build a nest shaped like a wig. I still have to sleep with my hair covering my ears to prevent this happening.

I lived on an estuary with another country visible and was convinced that when the tide went out it was because the other country had it!

I thought when my parents took money out of the atm, there was an actual physical box with their names and their money in it behind the wall 🤣🤣🤣 mortified now.

That it was illegal to drive with the light on inside the car.