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Dumb stuff you believed as a kid? [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2019 OP
I thought dogs were boys and angstlessk Aug 2019 #1
As did my brother! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2019 #22
I did too. lapucelle Aug 2019 #28
Wait, they're not? jberryhill Aug 2019 #103
I thought dust came from the sun. Aristus Aug 2019 #2
Makes sense to me! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2019 #23
If you took a golf ball apart you'd die instantly if you touched the liquid center. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #3
Me too! Who the hell started that? Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2019 #24
My grandpa. Butterflylady Aug 2019 #43
Jesus...forgot all about that..... dhill926 Aug 2019 #25
I heard something similar, about golf ball interiors being toxic/dangerous... RockRaven Aug 2019 #38
This was actually partly true. Some golf balls had a center that would explode if you cut into it. dameatball Aug 2019 #88
Yup - tightly wound rubber band-like material, in some kind of liquid jberryhill Aug 2019 #104
Due to the Narnia books, I went looking for hidden worlds everywhere. Coventina Aug 2019 #4
If I had a magic wardrobe that took me away from reality... Moostache Aug 2019 #52
I was 6 when my Mom was pregnant mercuryblues Aug 2019 #5
That if you ate Pop Rocks while drinking Coke you would explode and die. n/t Coventina Aug 2019 #6
Is it not true that somebody did? Coulda swore that was a real story lol (nt) mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #9
Poor Mikey jberryhill Aug 2019 #10
LOL CrispyQ Aug 2019 #101
I bought that one! smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #94
My mother told me once wryter2000 Aug 2019 #7
She probably just overestimated your ability to grasp metaphors as a small child ;) (nt) mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #11
That wouldn't have been hard to do wryter2000 Aug 2019 #12
That the "Three Kings" were from a mysterious place called "Orientar" Coventina Aug 2019 #8
Same place where a onerzopen sleigh is! Cousin Dupree Aug 2019 #19
HAHAHA! elleng Aug 2019 #120
I Thought This Too RobinA Aug 2019 #21
I though Orientar was a place too. I also thought mersidotesndoesydotesnlittllamsytivy applegrove Aug 2019 #29
I thought Olive was the other reindeer. Totally Tunsie Aug 2019 #74
From religious instructions teachings .. CatMor Aug 2019 #13
there were so many things I 'learned' as a catholic kid rurallib Aug 2019 #27
I remember meatless Fridays vividly .... CatMor Aug 2019 #39
My 96 year old mother still refuses to LibDemAlways Aug 2019 #65
I find it sweet she still follows that rule as ridiculous as it was ... CatMor Aug 2019 #72
I remember my Catholic family was LibDemAlways Aug 2019 #54
None of it ever made any sense. CatMor Aug 2019 #57
My wife and I married in the Catholic Church so it wasn't a problem. hunter Aug 2019 #100
There are Catholic blogs today where the issue of LibDemAlways Aug 2019 #114
That you could dig a hole to China MiniMe Aug 2019 #14
That a virgin could get pregnant... Bayard Aug 2019 #15
Good one! (nt) mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #17
On a drive across the country, I couldn't figure out how musicians kept moving radio stations!! flor-de-jasmim Aug 2019 #16
When REALLY little I thought that the people were inside the TV like a puppet show ... mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #18
Something not unrelated I thought, and this reminded me of it The Genealogist Aug 2019 #44
"If you sit on that cold cement, you'll get piles" Cousin Dupree Aug 2019 #20
Are you sure that ain't true? Cuz.... LakeArenal Aug 2019 #32
I thought this was bad for your kidneys? IcyPeas Aug 2019 #63
Haha ploppy Aug 2019 #67
That a ghoul would eat my leg off MontanaMama Aug 2019 #26
I still won't dangle my arms or legs off the bed. yardwork Aug 2019 #113
Better safe than sorry... MontanaMama Aug 2019 #115
That's my feeling. Just in case. yardwork Aug 2019 #116
That we pledged alligience to a republic for Richard Stans. lapucelle Aug 2019 #30
That when the science teacher rolled mercury in your hand everything was cool with that. LakeArenal Aug 2019 #31
Toy store in our town sold mercury to kids. Guy had a jar on the counter he'd dip it from. Midnight Writer Aug 2019 #60
😳😬😵 LakeArenal Aug 2019 #64
My grandmother told me Ohiogal Aug 2019 #33
Yep jberryhill Aug 2019 #79
Seed melons still exist. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2019 #123
I thought Sonny and Cher lived down the street from me The Genealogist Aug 2019 #34
My best friend insisted that the ghost of Benjamin Franklin lived down the street from him. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2019 #59
It could have been true. sdfernando Aug 2019 #107
That someday True Dough Aug 2019 #35
As a kid with a poor sense of direction I believed our car knew where we needed to go. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2019 #36
That's brilliant jberryhill Aug 2019 #80
Someone I worked with has the name Pat, and her husband's name was Pat too. lapucelle Aug 2019 #37
My Mom's name is Jacqueline and my Dad's name is Jack, BarbaRosa Aug 2019 #40
That chewing gum was indigestible and stayed in your stomach for 7 years if you swallowed it RockRaven Aug 2019 #41
When I was about 3 years old, I remember going down to Florida for the first time. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2019 #42
I believed voting was legit. dem4decades Aug 2019 #45
When I was 5 Niagara Aug 2019 #46
I thought that when airplanes were on the ground, Doc_Technical Aug 2019 #47
How do planes move on the ground? nt LAS14 Aug 2019 #69
The same way they move in the air, only slower - with engine thrust. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #77
I think you are to be forgiven, as a child, not understanding these subtleties. It's certainly news LAS14 Aug 2019 #95
Noah's Ark along with other crazy religious stuff. walkingman Aug 2019 #48
If I walked into another church other than ours, God would strike me dead Runningdawg Aug 2019 #49
That a carpool was LibDemAlways Aug 2019 #50
Running in the kitchen would make cake fall Watchfoxheadexplodes Aug 2019 #51
1) that T.B. had something to do with the television 2) that the iron curtain hung somewhere between emmaverybo Aug 2019 #53
LOL! I love the one about getting "fired," klook Aug 2019 #83
LOL back at your response! Exactly, "GOT type ritual humiliation." NT emmaverybo Aug 2019 #86
You may not have been wrong... OilemFirchen Aug 2019 #90
Oh, that's incredible. Thanks for the research, emmaverybo Aug 2019 #93
That my Dad Wawannabe Aug 2019 #55
Drinking Coke with lemon would make you drunk. dawg day Aug 2019 #56
My mom... mbusby Aug 2019 #58
Dragonflies could sew your lips together...we called them darning needles... asiliveandbreathe Aug 2019 #61
Yup. I almost totally believed that. One of those... LAS14 Aug 2019 #70
Oh yeah, I remember that now. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #78
That the industrial vacuum at the car wash was going to suck me out of the back seat. marked50 Aug 2019 #62
If I swallowed watermelon seeds... backtoblue Aug 2019 #66
Mom said that pregnancy resulted from... WestLosAngelesGal Aug 2019 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Aug 2019 #71
If I made an Ugly Texasgal Aug 2019 #73
Yup. A time-honored mother's tale. nt zanana1 Aug 2019 #112
My sons believed (because Mama told 'em so) that their nose would wiggle Totally Tunsie Aug 2019 #75
I believed tiny little people lived inside the radio. 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2019 #76
cigarettes won't kill you ! stonecutter357 Aug 2019 #81
I thought the sun dropped down every night behind the mountains (I live in Los Angeles) John Fante Aug 2019 #82
That lie detectors were infallible Shrek Aug 2019 #84
I believed my Magic 8-Ball was infallible. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #121
I believed elves lived in subterranean houses under the roots of old trees klook Aug 2019 #85
I believed that grown-ups told the truth. madaboutharry Aug 2019 #87
Handling toads causes warts. dameatball Aug 2019 #89
When I was very young, my mom told me that if was bad, the gypsies would take me away. OilemFirchen Aug 2019 #91
I perpetrated some dumb but harmless stuff LibDemAlways Aug 2019 #92
Those things are great jberryhill Aug 2019 #99
BWAHAHAHA!!! Kali Aug 2019 #117
Alkaline consider_this Aug 2019 #96
I thought if you opened the car windows in a tunnel Danmel Aug 2019 #97
Amtrak trains will suck you under, if you stand too close to the tracks jberryhill Aug 2019 #102
I was convinced our church minister was the same guy who played Capt Binghamton on McHale's Navy. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2019 #98
Mid-60s there was a series in Life magazine Freddie Aug 2019 #105
I thought the same way. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2019 #108
Oh My! sdfernando Aug 2019 #106
If you don't eat your vegetables they come back and night and dance at the foot of your bed. Laffy Kat Aug 2019 #109
An original "healthy foody" Euell Gibbons? akraven Aug 2019 #110
God and other mythical stuff from that old book that.... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #111
that my parents were infallible Kali Aug 2019 #118
My girlfriend told her younger brother bluecollar2 Aug 2019 #119
That was suppose to take care of it when I was in the army demosincebirth Aug 2019 #129
That pro-wrestling was real sakabatou Aug 2019 #122
Ditto roller derby OxQQme Aug 2019 #124
I used to think that if you were playing the lottery.... Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2019 #125
I also had an aunt Faye. saidsimplesimon Aug 2019 #126
That I could pick up the stars that fell pnwest Aug 2019 #127
Dragon Flies would sew your ears up. demosincebirth Aug 2019 #128
That my baby brother's penis TexasBushwhacker Aug 2019 #130
I was 4ish and there were these jawbreakers called Dinosaur Eggs 912gdm Aug 2019 #131
Fireflies only flew east and west Generic Brad Aug 2019 #132
Before a certain time the world was in black and white and there was no color mucifer Aug 2019 #133
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