When I Was A Kid..

[Tsukuyomi]

When I was four? I wanted my parents to adopt one of those kids from Africa on the television so I would have someone to be Winston Zedmore when I played Ghostbusters.

Lol, that's.. cute ^^

For some reason.. I thought EVERYONE had siblings o.o;

[Doubleshadow]

When I was a kid:

1. I wondered how traffic lights knew to change color and my dad told me there was a man who controlled them. So I thought that meant there was person within the light watching the cars, but because the traffic light was too small, I took that to mean the light was a lot bigger than it looked and it was some sort of optical illusion that made it look close and small when it had to be big and farther away. I would stare at lights we passed under trying to to understand the "illusion".

2. I thought there was an unusual number of tall men around. It wasn't for some time that I realized it wasn't the men were tall, it was that my basis for comparison, my dad, was short!

3. I thought all kids had their own rooms.

4. I had always heard that people should walk because it was good for the Earth. I took this to mean something about ones feet actually hitting the ground was good for the planet, as opposed to not driving, which was what it actually meant. I didn't know why stepping on the ground was good, but that was what they said, so that was what I did.

5. I thought the lyrics to Silent Night were "browned young virgin".

6. I thought mashed potatoes and Play-Doh were interchangeable.

7. Alright, this one is heavy duty. Due to the racially charged environment I was in and the negative things, true and untrue, I heard and was, sometimes unintentionally, taught, I thought all white people grew up to be racist. I thought it was just part of being white, like a biological fact you couldn't help. I made up my mind I was going to fight as long as possible because only bad people were racist and only one of friends was white and I didn't want to start hating my friends.

[yukoxholic]

I'm just glad I wasn't the only kid with the watermelon seed phobia. ^__^

You got off easy...my cousins said that the gum would stick to my ribs and I would die.

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Oh my goodness! I totally forgot about that one! My older sisters got me to believe the whole gum, sticking to your ribs thing as well! They had a thing for gum that could kill you or leave permanent issues. Thankfully I chew gum without fear which was mostly brought on by sinister sisters.

[GeneD]

I too heard the "gum takes forever to digest" one.

My sister and I once made my brother believe we could see across the ocean to Australia from the balcony of the place we were staying at that holiday. My dad eventually came and ruined our fun.

I convinced my brother that I personally new the tooth fairy (we actually had a tandemuis [tande = teeth, muis = mouse]) and I would make up detailed stories of his life.

I've heard of a mother telling her son that the batteries of his trampoline were flat when it was getting late and he had to come in for dinner.

[Tsukuyomi]

Lol, Sinister Sisters XDD

I also was told the gum myth, but.. that didn't stop me from swallowing my gum XDD I can't help it.. it just. happens XDD

OOh, along with thinking God was bowling when it thundered, I also thought he was playing drums ^^

[eternalprincess]

[font="palatino Linotype"]I used to believe that freckles were angel's kisses, and wondered...
"Why would they do that?"[/font]

*chuckles* My mom tells my eight year old sister that and she turned to my redhead cousin (who's COVERED in freckles), "The angels must have sneezed on you!"

[LadyRushia]

I told my four-year-old cousin that if she ate too many carrots she would turn orange. I also told her that she would turn into a sweet potato if she ate too many, XD.

People told me I was a boy when I little because I have black hair (but I don't have black hair, soooo yeah, XD).

After seeing The Parent Trap, I was convinced that I had a long lost twin.

[chibiphonebooth]

when i was like..6.. i was convinced that if you put sugar in a flower, fairies would come out.

i spent a day with my friend 'sugaring' our flowers outside.

nothing happened. :I

[sharien chan]

When I was younger I thought that the phrase "objects are closer than they appear" in mirrors on cars, actually meant that the parts behind the mirror were closer than we thought, and we had to be careful when touching them because they might break.

[minakichan]

1. I wondered how traffic lights knew to change color and my dad told me there was a man who controlled them.

Wow, me too! I also believed that closed captions were all typed by one person, all live, but then I realized that that wouldn't work because of all the different simultaneous channels. So then, I figured that each channel had its own closed caption typist.

When I was younger I thought that the phrase "objects are closer than they appear" in mirrors on cars, actually meant that the parts behind the mirror were closer than we thought, and we had to be careful when touching them because they might break.

I actually thought it was "objects are closer, then they appear," as in, an object will only appear in the mirror if it gets close enough (curse bad grammar!). That didn't make sense to me because I could see objects in the mirror, so I just assumed I had very special eyes.

[Tsukuyomi]

I soooooooo thought the same about traffic lights ^^ I believed that for a while XDD It was like,"Where do they control it from o.o?"

[LadyRushia]

My mom used to watch Spanish soap operas a lot when I was younger and when I watched them with her I thought that the people were really speaking English, but their voices were going through some kind of translation machine to make it Spanish.

Once, when I was watching cartoons, the T.V. went black for longer than usual during a transition and I thought the T.V. died. I was very sad and I called my dad upstairs to fix it, XDD.

[Tsukuyomi]

Did any of you guys used to eat. toothpaste xD;

[KeybladeWarrior]

Well, if you mean accidentaly swallowed it by brushing then yes I have eaten toothpaste. I used to eat my boogers, and they dried ones tasted the better than the squishy ones. XD;

[eternalprincess]

[quote="Tsukuyomi (post: 1222048)"]Did any of you guys used to eat. toothpaste xD]

Erm . . . Yes. . .XD

[xblack_x_rosesx]

I used to think that

-bleeding could be controlled by thinking about it ( i got in a bike accident when I was 7, and I made myself "stop" bleeding by thinking about it XD)

-Stuffed animals and barbie dolls could talk

-There was a ghost train that rode through my house every night at midnight to pick up the souls of the dead (chris de burgh much?)

-Dogs and animals actually controlled people

-There were Native Americans wearing feathers and deer skin that lived next door to me and they had a pool of alligators in their kitchen

-Demons and angels walked around on sidewalks, and if a person had a pretty looking house, angels would come inside, but if they had an ugly house, demons would come inside.

-Hiding my clothes and toys under my bed to make it look clean was by far the smartest idea I ever had XD

-Writing in red pen was the COOLEST thing I person could do. My dad bought me a red pen randomly one day, and I cried because I was so happy.


I think I liked how my mind used to work XDD

[Doubleshadow]

I used to think animal crackers were "alive" and simply pretended to be inanimate since they looked like animals (the influence of the Brave Little Toaster, I suppose), so when I ate them I would bite their heads off first so they wouldn't suffer and turn them over so didn't see it coming. I also ate the ones with missing limbs and such first to put them out of their misery.

[sharien chan]

I wanted to use this one bandaid I got from a McDonald's happy meal but I didn't have a cut so I drew on myself with red marker XDD

[Tsukuyomi]

I wanted to use this one bandaid I got from a McDonald's happy meal but I didn't have a cut so I drew on myself with red marker XDD

Lol, that's gotta be one of the cutest stories I've heard yet XDD

I hated having to wear a band aid, because it meant I had a boo boo O.O Oh yeah, that reminds me. I thought I invented the word "boo boo" I don't remember hearing anyone else use it, so yeah u_u/

[Popsicle]

[color="DeepSkyBlue"]Hmm...when I was a kid...

I used to think grilled cheese sandwiches were called girl cheeses. haha...they sound similar.

I was at El Pollo Loco one time getting food with my dad and my younger sister. My sister really had to use the bathroom and my dad told me to take her to the bathroom inside the store. I did what my dad told me to, but I also decided to tell my sister that the store was called El Pollo Loco because there was a crazy chicken in the bathroom...and she believed me. She never used the bathroom that day.

I also told my sister that cacti come to life at night and walk around in our backyard on their roots. That was my explanation for why she wasn't allowed to play outside at night. She believed me there too. Weird...

My cousin and I used to believe that there was an "upside down land." We would get on all fours and tilt our heads under our bodies so our chins were touching our chests and everything would look upside down. But I don't know why we thought it was another world...[/color]

[KeybladeWarrior]

Lol, that's gotta be one of the cutest stories I've heard yet XDD

I hated having to wear a band aid, because it meant I had a boo boo O.O Oh yeah, that reminds me. I thought I invented the word "boo boo" I don't remember hearing anyone else use it, so yeah u_u/

Moms invented the word "boo boo."

[OhElk]

When I was little, I seriously believed I was a princess and I would stick peas under my mattress and pretend to be sleeping on the bottom step to wait "For my true loves kiss"

[Tsukuyomi]

Moms invented the word "boo boo."

Good point XDD

[PrincessZelda]

[quote="Tsukuyomi (post: 1222048)"]Did any of you guys used to eat. toothpaste xD]

XD;; Well, the bubblegum flavored tooth paste was good! I actually used to mix tooth paste with water and drink it. At least, I did, until my mom found out and freaked out about it.



Oh, one time, when I was like... 5... I asked my brother John why moths always fly towards lights, and he told me, "It's because they when they see it, they think it's the moon. And you see, the moon is where they come from, so they're just trying to get home."

[mitsuki lover]

Some how that reminded me of when I had to get braces and they stuck that gunky stuff in the mouth to get an impression of my teeth.Anyone else remember back when they stuck gunk in your mouth to make an impression of your teeth for your braces?
That was the nastiest tasting stuff because they kept in like forever before taking it out again.

[Raiden no Kishi]

Yeah, I remember that stuff - there's no "back then". They use it still today.

.rai//

[Nate]

Not quite, but close enough.

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[Tsukuyomi]

[quote="PrincessZelda (post: 1222182)"]XD]

Heehee, that sounds kinda.. icky I wonder.. what are the consequences of eating toothpaste? I've never looked it up XD

[Gabriel 9.0]

Heehee, that sounds kinda.. icky I wonder.. what are the consequences of eating toothpaste? I've never looked it up XD

Usually a very bad stomach ache.

[PrincessZelda]

Yeah, I remember that stuff - there's no "back then". They use it still today.

.rai//

Yeah, except now it dries faster, and it actually tastes good ^_^

Heehee, that sounds kinda.. icky I wonder.. what are the consequences of eating toothpaste? I've never looked it up XD

Haha, I wonder... XD