megaguns1982 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 1: As a little kid I always thought that you could take a power outlet anywhere and just attach it to a tree or whatever, plug in an appliance and it would work. 2: due to old movies and photographs being black and white I seriously thought the entire world was black and white and that sometime in the 50s or so, colour was invented. Anyone? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 As a kid in the early 2000s, a teacher told us that the british conservative party would never win an election again due to demographic shifts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfTheWave Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I have a brother named Jason and when I was around three years old at the video store I thought the Friday The 13th movies were about him after my mom read me the titles (I was not allowed to watch them at that point). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 That god existed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 That Guns N' Roses were a cool band. One silly thing I believed was that the sea had a plug in it, in the same way a bath does. I was worried that someone would accidentally pull the plug out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 When I was really young, I thought that there was a risk that while I was peeing Ronald McDonald might crash through the window, knocking me over. This didn't actual freak me out too much as I just took what I considered to be reasonable precautions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, soon said: When I was really young, I thought that there was a risk that while I was peeing Ronald McDonald might crash through the window, knocking me over. This didn't actual freak me out too much as I just took what I considered to be reasonable precautions. Was this in the McDonalds toilets or just generally? If the latter, what made you think Ronald McDonald was a pedophile? There's some sort of psychological entanglement associated to this, I'm sure of it Did you Uncle Percival dress up as Ronnie Mac and put his finger up your bum at some early age or something? Or was it just me that happened to? Edited December 20, 2019 by Len Cnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, Len Cnut said: Was this in the McDonalds toilets or just generally? If the latter, what made you think Ronald McDonald was a pedophile? There's some sort of psychological entanglement associated to this, I'm sure of it Did you Uncle Percival dress up as Ronnie Mac and put his finger up your bum at some early age or something? Or was it just me that happened to? It was only the toilet at home actually! My young mind didnt include a sexual angle, my butt hole thankfully untouched by your uncle I just peed from the side of the bowl with back facing the wall with the window, so that when Ronald McDonald came swinging through the window he'd fall on the floor where I would put him in a full nelson and walk him to the highway. And, I mean, I maintain a battle ready posture to ward off capitalist to this day - so to speak Or maybe I just wanted to play "swords" with Ronald McDonald, get off my jock! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
action Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 for months I was afraid I got AIDS, when I first choked the turkey. when that didn't happen, I figured it was a load of bollox, and the rest is history 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I thought God looked like the ringmaster from Dumbo I remember my Dad telling me when I was younger that cars driving with their full beam headlights on was dangerous because they could blind people in front of them. I didn't realise he meant temporarily and thought for a while that if I ever was unlucky enough to be passed by a car with full beam on then I would lose my sight. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 12 hours ago, megaguns1982 said: 1: As a little kid I always thought that you could take a power outlet anywhere and just attach it to a tree or whatever, plug in an appliance and it would work. 2: due to old movies and photographs being black and white I seriously thought the entire world was black and white and that sometime in the 50s or so, colour was invented. Anyone? I'm reasonably sure I thought that second one too! I know my brother thought that horror movies were real. Like he thought that people were actually being killed in them. One crazy thing that went around when I was a kid was this claim that every person on earth has a doppelganger on the other side of the planet. I have no idea how or why that was a thing spread around amongst kids but I definitely believed it when I was little because I didn't know any better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, lukepowell1988 said: Was walking with my dad im the woods and someone had stuck a door knob in the ground Dad told me it was the door into Hell scared ne shitless I like your Dad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillionsOfSpiders Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I believed that if I ate an apple seed then a apple tree would grow in my stomach. I hated the plug hole in the bath because I was convinced a great white shark could get through it and into the bath with me. Sometimes when I was riding my bike I thought a pterodactyl might swoop from the sky and carry me off to its nest on top of a volcano, so I’d pedal like mad to get home 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Graeme Posted December 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2019 Speaking of religious things, when he was young, my wee brother thought that the lord's prayer started off: "Our father, in charge of heaven, hello by the way..." 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
action Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 1 hour ago, lukepowell1988 said: Was walking with my dad im the woods and someone had stuck a door knob in the ground Dad told me it was the door into Hell scared ne shitless you were right next door to hell, so to speak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 30 minutes ago, Graeme said: Speaking of religious things, when he was young, my wee brother thought that the lord's prayer started off: "Our father, in charge of heaven, hello by the way..." Holy shit, that's just delightful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Graeme said: Speaking of religious things, when he was young, my wee brother thought that the lord's prayer started off: "Our father, in charge of heaven, hello by the way..." Sounds better than the real one In a Glaswegian accent its positively perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I used to think that TV shows waited for me to get home before they started. I was devastated one night when I went to the shop with my Grandma and when we got back I'd missed The Fall Guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 20 hours ago, megaguns1982 said: 2: due to old movies and photographs being black and white I seriously thought the entire world was black and white and that sometime in the 50s or so, colour was invented. Anyone? I did too. I looked behind the TV to see the programme from behind too I thought thunder was the clouds banging together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunko12345 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 I used to think mushrooms were meat until I thought it through and tried to figure out what animal they came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lio Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 16 hours ago, MillionsOfSpiders said: I believed that if I ate an apple seed then a apple tree would grow in my stomach. I was thinking about this, but I couldn't come up with any silly thing I believed in. But now you mention that, I did believe that too. Funny 8 hours ago, Dazey said: I used to think that TV shows waited for me to get home before they started. I was devastated one night when I went to the shop with my Grandma and when we got back I'd missed The Fall Guy. I wouldn't call that funny, but visionary! That's exactly how it is for kids nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaguns1982 Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 9 hours ago, Dazey said: I used to think that TV shows waited for me to get home before they started. I was devastated one night when I went to the shop with my Grandma and when we got back I'd missed The Fall Guy. That’s amusing with media is on demand these days. I tried to explain all of this stuff to my daughter who just didn’t understand lol waiting until a certain time to watch a show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 18 minutes ago, lukepowell1988 said: I had a cap gun as a kid and my old mans always had a bald patch in the middle of his head I convinced my brother for many a year he had a bald patch becouse I shot him with my cap gun My grandad used to sleep in his armchair in the living room after his dinner before going to the club. He started going upstairs after a while because my cousin and I made a point of kicking him in the bollocks as soon as he'd nodded off. Nothing to do with the main thread but relevant to your post I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 24 minutes ago, Dazey said: My grandad used to sleep in his armchair in the living room after his dinner before going to the club. He started going upstairs after a while because my cousin and I made a point of kicking him in the bollocks as soon as he'd nodded off. What the fuckin' hell was the point of that?! That is just PROPER out of order, indefensible I'm all for a laugh but kicking a man in the cobblers, and for no reason at that, is just not cricket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 43 minutes ago, Len Cnut said: What the fuckin' hell was the point of that?! That is just PROPER out of order, indefensible I'm all for a laugh but kicking a man in the cobblers, and for no reason at that, is just not cricket. Of course there was a reason. It was fucking funny! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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