“My dad told me TV hosts from live news could see me.
And he said that’s why you don’t pick your nose while you’re watching TV.”
Here are some of the best responses:
1.
“My brother convinced me the white line around a stop sign meant it was optional.
u/sbeccarueshade
2.
“I thought when it thundered, it was Jesus bowling in heaven.”
u/TraditionalTackle1
3.
“My sister told me that if you count all the stones of Stonehenge you will die.
I still don’t know how many stones there are in Stonehenge.”
u/Sardonnicus
4. u/Acheron98
5.
A lie made to get me out of the bath.”
u/Roefl
6.
“I was led to believe that quicksand was going to be a HUGE problem later in life.”
u/ismellpizza25
7.
“The moon follows us when were in the car.”
u/_alwaystee3
8.
I spent many years after that thinking I just wasn’t doing enough."
u/seeyouinthesun
9.
“That the button on your armrest on airplanes is the eject button.
I found out it reclines your seat embarrassingly late.”
u/Nrd4Life
10.
“My dad told me TV hosts from live news could see me.
And he said that’s why you don’t pick your nose while you’re watching TV.”
u/bluetrunk
11.
I believed that until I was 14."
u/loipoikoi
12. u/SapphicsAndStilettos
13.
“My dad told me pumice was whale poo.
I believed him and took some to school for show and tell.”
u/Apprehensive-Ad4244
14.
“My mom used to tell me watching a dog poop would make you go blind.”
u/Jibbles_Jibblers
15. u/Late_For_Username
16.
“I remember believing that if I swallowed gum, it would stay in my stomach for seven years.
u/pretty_catsy
17.
I remember being meticulously careful eating around the core, terrified at the thought of becoming a human-apple hybrid.
I even had nightmares about waking up with a tree growing out of my head.
u/Tantalizing_Olivia
18. u/NutsoNurse
19.And finally, “That my mom’s food was spicy.”
u/Rab1dSqu1rrel
Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
