Things you used to think and now can't quite believe you did

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I saw a seagull flying and it suddenly occurred to me that when I was little, I thought there were two different types of seagulls. Ones with legs, and ones without. Naturally the ones with legs had no choice but to fly all the time

I was a pretty bright child, I can't imagine why I thought that.

Please tell me someone else out there thought the same?

There are about 55 types of gulls, and they all have legs :)

And there are some species of squirrels that are as heavy as rabbits.

Yes indeed Gerund! The squirrels in our garden are at least as big as rabbits, and bigger than dwarf rabbits.

I used to think that when there were roadworks signs on the motorway that said things like 'delays possible until August 2016' that if there was a traffic jam we would be stuck there until the August.

I used to think on Take your Mama out all night, instead of "and your Continental's just been towed" it was " and your cotton tail has just been sewed"

I thought all news footage of unexpected events like fires, riots, rescues etc were re-enactments. I just didn't believe it was possible for camera crews to show up at the actual events while they were happening. Clearly they must have been recreated in the studio afterwards.

I still believed this for a while even after my mum told me I was wrong. I just thought it was a shame she hadn't realised it was all fake.

Middlesex?

Yes to gorillas, free house, kerb crawling etc..starting to feel very average now!
I believed that men's willies were like dogs ones and had were hairy all over with a lipstick that came out when they needed a wee
I also thought the Seychelles was an island just covered in sea shells

When I was very small we had a big old fashioned radio (aka wireless then). I managed to squeeze behind it one day, to look inside at the little people who were talking. Crushing disappointment to see only wires and a little light bulb or two.

When I was little I had those little plastic bears (I think they were called teddy in my pocket). They came with little name cards, I opened one and said to DM "mummy thus one has a funny name, his name is Gee-oh-fray". DM was trying not to cry with laughter as she explained his name was Geoffrey.
I still have Geo-oh-Frey now as he still makes me smile.

ExDP thought women reached a certain age and just started producing milk. He asked me once about my milk and I had to explain what really happened he was a thick shit

I used to think that if you broke your leg then your leg fell off and grew back
I also used to think that towns that were twinned meant that the other town was exactly the same, buildings, people, the lot. I think I was well into my teens before I realised this wasn't the case

I thought cigarettes were only for women, men smoked pipes.

I also thought all men had beards... because up until about the age of 12, all the men in my life DID have beards...

I didn't realise adults had pubic hair... I was fortunately only about 8 when I realised this wasn't true as I think it would have been a bigger shock later on!

Who mentioned cats - ginger cats are almost always male for complicated genetic reasons but females do occur - usually you will find they do have a tiny bit of another colour on them though.

Calico/tortoiseshell cats however are always female, genetically - though occasionally you get cats with an extra chromosome or are hermaphrodites and so the cat may look male..

All cats are tabby though, just some have a variety of genes that mask it in some way, or are a solid colour so it doesn't really show (look at a black cat in strong sunlight and you will see the stripes!).

I used to think that if my toes werent under the duvet something could come and eat them (no idea what). Silly but I must have been about 18 when I was brave enough to not have my feet under the duvet. Also, I was so scared of it that even when it was so hot I couldn't use duvet I still had my feet under it whilst rest of my body was out.

To be honest even now I feel more comfortable when my feet are securely under a blanket or a duvet even though I no longer believe this to be something that could possibly happen

I had family living in the USA, the flight would usually connect in Miami. Whenever I heard them talking about changing flights in "My Ami" I thought everyone had an Ami somewhere - a friendly person (we are French speakers) who would take you in and give you somewhere comfortable to rest until your next flight, maybe even feed you something nice. I used to ask my parents when I would get an Ami and what they would be like, if I could visit them etc.