Ridiculous Things You Believed As A Kid

[NickNitro]

lol I think I used to think the same when I was very young

 

[gohei_]

I was really surprised to learn that Han Solo and Indiana Jones were played by the same person.

For a really long time I thought Luke was wearing some kind of magnetic glove in the wampa cave to get his lightsaber.
I did not fully understand the concept of the force at that time t:

 

[<(o_o)>]

Finding a penny heads up would bring you good luck.

 

[redhawk23]

In my family all remotes are referred to as the "channel changer" even if their for a stereo or a vcr.

I never questioned this. I never noticed how truly odd it was until being laughed at by my friend and his mother in seventh grade when visiting their house and asking if I could "see their channel changer" as it was different from mine despite having the same brand of cable.

They both laughed and said, "Can you see what?"

"...the Channel Changer?" I replied.

"You mean the remote?" my friends mom questioned.

It didn't help that the school year before, she had been my English teacher.

 

[Tanin]

My household calls our remote the clicker.

 

[nite-owl]

In my house it was called the duffer.

 

[PSYLENTGuardian]

As a kid, I believed that Santa Claus was real

 

[redhawk23]

Duffer? Hmm. That's a new one. Where are you from, Niteowl?

 

[NickNitro]

As a kid, I believed that Santa Claus was real

- from everyone on Earth who was duped by their parents.

 

[nite-owl]

Duffer? Hmm. That's a new one. Where are you from, Niteowl?

England.

 

[Donnie Darko]

The rule in our house was that as long as you "believed" in Santa, you would keep getting "Santa" presents on Christmas morning, so we all had to keep saying it like through high school.

 

[Hal_Jordan]

I was really surprised to learn that Han Solo and Indiana Jones were played by the same person.

 

[NickNitro]

After I saw Jaws for the first time at about 8, I was soo scared to swim in my pool. I was convinced Jaws could get me in my pool and my bathtub.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

After I saw Jaws for the first time at about 8, I was soo scared to swim in my pool. I was convinced Jaws could get me in my pool and my bathtub.

You remember when they blew Jaws up? Well...he can get you now....

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[Matt.S99]

When I was little, I thought all old people spoke Portuguese like my grandparents.

 

[NickNitro]

When I was really little I thought that people were only white. In my defense I grew up in a very rural town in Pennsylvania.

 

[MrMaooz]

If you punched the TV open then whatever was on the screen would pop out in real form.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Did you learn that wasn't true the hard way?

 

[Green Goblin]

Don't laugh but I thought babies came from a woman's ass...

 

[TheDreamMaster]

Don't laugh but I thought babies came from a woman's ass...

I laughed, but only because my parents explained it to me as boys have a penis, girls don't. So I had no concept of female sexual organs, so I just kind of thought the same thing.

 

[Enriquespy]

I had a plan of taking the vacuum motor, adding a couple of helix, attaching it all to a big battery, then make a cockpit and wings with wood and then go flying

We had to buy a new vacuum machine.

 

[Donnie Darko]

If you punched the TV open then whatever was on the screen would pop out in real form.

I actually thought the same thing, like I could punch our old tv open and go hang out with Popeye.

 

[bullets]

At live wrestling events the audience could hear the commentators.

I used to think the same thing.




As a kid I thought flushing things down the toilet would cause them to grow massive in size. This was mostly cause by seeing the movie Alligator when I was too young to understand it.

 

[Siby]

When my friend showed me AIM for the first time it took me about 2 mintues to actually understand what was happening. I couldnt comprehend that she was talking to her friend, through text, over the internet in real time.

I have to ask, what is AIM?

This thread is hilarious.

When I was younger, I used to think Heaven was up in the clouds somewhere. Obviously, that changed quickly as an adult.

When I was a kid, I used to think I was born in 1871. Man, I was stupid. lol

 

[WolfCypher]

I remember as a kid seeing these "Christmas in July!" sales during the summer and expecting winter to come. I even remember going outside with my Arctic-themed Batman action figure (you know how they made/make these random themed action figures; Ninja Spider-Man, Hydro-Action Batman...) and waited for the snow...