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Posted:
Remember when you were a little tacker and you believed some crazy things?
Like when I was a kid I thought that if whales were so big, how did they fit in the ocean?
so! C'mon people! What weird things did you believe?
Remember when you were a little tacker and you believed some crazy things?
Like when I was a kid I thought that if whales were so big, how did they fit in the ocean?
so! C'mon people! What weird things did you believe?
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
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Teachers lived in the cupboards at school.
Teachers lived in the cupboards at school.
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ha! great!
I used to think that teachers knew EVERYTHING! otherwise how else could they teach?
ha! great!
I used to think that teachers knew EVERYTHING! otherwise how else could they teach?
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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That hiding under the covers would provide an impenetrable protection against anything an everything!
That hiding under the covers would provide an impenetrable protection against anything an everything!
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Santa Claus
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that the universe was too big for one big bang to have created it, it would need a big bang for each galaxy.
that the universe was too big for one big bang to have created it, it would need a big bang for each galaxy.
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Posted:
That's quite advanced for a kid - much more than thinking that Humpty Dumpty was a watermelon in any case.
Oh! And that my sister and I are twins because we have the same hair solour - despite the 20 month difference in age
That's quite advanced for a kid - much more than thinking that Humpty Dumpty was a watermelon in any case.
Oh! And that my sister and I are twins because we have the same hair solour - despite the 20 month difference in age
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that i would get sucked into the escalator if i didn't jump off at the end!
i actually had nightmares about this one!!
& i also believed that cruise control in the car actually drove the car!! not just kept it to a certain speed, but steered it & everything!
that i would get sucked into the escalator if i didn't jump off at the end!
i actually had nightmares about this one!!& i also believed that cruise control in the car actually drove the car!! not just kept it to a certain speed, but steered it & everything!
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I had a strange belief that if I didn't say goodnight to certain things in our lounge room as i closed the curtains each night they would follow me into my room and eat me.
I had a strange belief that if I didn't say goodnight to certain things in our lounge room as i closed the curtains each night they would follow me into my room and eat me.
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yea i thought the covers gave oerfect protection to, but i also had an army of teddies that kept me safe while i was asleep...
i also though the horizon at the beach was where the ocean went up into the sky which is why they were both blue.
yea i thought the covers gave oerfect protection to, but i also had an army of teddies that kept me safe while i was asleep...i also though the horizon at the beach was where the ocean went up into the sky which is why they were both blue.
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I also believed that if I hid in amongst my teddies, my parents would actually mistake me for a teddie too!
I also believed that if I hid in amongst my teddies, my parents would actually mistake me for a teddie too!
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Posted:
My parents DID mistake me for a teddy once
My parents DID mistake me for a teddy once
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That my grany was a witch; she had a proper woodedn broom and would always tel us she was going to fly off on it after we went to bed.. I didn't question it for years
That my grany was a witch; she had a proper woodedn broom and would always tel us she was going to fly off on it after we went to bed.. I didn't question it for years
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Tha girls were icky an if they kissed ou you'd die from cooties.
.....that isn't really true is it?
*panics an fumbles for the cooties jab*
Tha girls were icky an if they kissed ou you'd die from cooties.
.....that isn't really true is it?
*panics an fumbles for the cooties jab*
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When we were little, my brother took a stick, and stuck it into the ground in our garden. About 2 weeks later, in a competely unrelated incident, my father bought a new apple tree and planted it in or near the same spot.
For many years we believed that the stick had grown up into a tree, and couldn't understand why none of the other sticks that we "planted" wouldn't.
When we were little, my brother took a stick, and stuck it into the ground in our garden. About 2 weeks later, in a competely unrelated incident, my father bought a new apple tree and planted it in or near the same spot.
For many years we believed that the stick had grown up into a tree, and couldn't understand why none of the other sticks that we "planted" wouldn't.
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Posted:
I had the escalator thing too
if i sucked in my stomach hard enough it would go behind and be on my back
rainbow brite and ernie were trying to kill me
if i was under the covers no one could see me
I had the escalator thing too
if i sucked in my stomach hard enough it would go behind and be on my back
rainbow brite and ernie were trying to kill me
if i was under the covers no one could see me
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that the orange street lights were actually baked beans
that the orange street lights were actually baked beans
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that all dogs were boys and all cats were girls.
that all dogs were boys and all cats were girls.
taken out of context i must seem so strange
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no way! there's snakes at the end of your bed underneath the covers and if you don't wear socks to bed they will chew your toes!!
there was also definately something under the bed, so once your toes get bitten, it was definately not a good idea to put your feet down. However it had a limited reach range, so being on the top bunk meant you could jump off the ladder away from the bed as you were getting down...
Also, i don't know if anyone else knows this but it is extremely important to hold your breath when you go past graveyards or else you will breathe in all the ghosts. If it's a particulary large cemetery and breathing becomes necessary, you'll be fine if you cross your fingers (as many times as possible, that is both hands and toes, but criss-crossing shoelaces also counts) (must be done in even numbers only, until i realised that odd numbers actually cancelled out the good/badness of the last crossed thing with more positive results, i.e. 1 good, 2 cancels it out, 2 good, 4 cancels it out etc...)
Having said all the above might not apply to the average kid as i am in fact an alien from a distant galaxy and probably there are certain things out to get me, that wouldn't bother with anyone else...
i think that's normal though.
The thing about the even numbers (and then odd numbers) which applied to a lot more than finger crossing... well that was probably an early bout of obsessive compulsive disorder...
wooo... why pay for a psychiatrist when you can use HoP?!
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no way! there's snakes at the end of your bed underneath the covers and if you don't wear socks to bed they will chew your toes!!
there was also definately something under the bed, so once your toes get bitten, it was definately not a good idea to put your feet down. However it had a limited reach range, so being on the top bunk meant you could jump off the ladder away from the bed as you were getting down...
Also, i don't know if anyone else knows this but it is extremely important to hold your breath when you go past graveyards or else you will breathe in all the ghosts. If it's a particulary large cemetery and breathing becomes necessary, you'll be fine if you cross your fingers (as many times as possible, that is both hands and toes, but criss-crossing shoelaces also counts) (must be done in even numbers only, until i realised that odd numbers actually cancelled out the good/badness of the last crossed thing with more positive results, i.e. 1 good, 2 cancels it out, 2 good, 4 cancels it out etc...)
Having said all the above might not apply to the average kid as i am in fact an alien from a distant galaxy and probably there are certain things out to get me, that wouldn't bother with anyone else...
i think that's normal though.
The thing about the even numbers (and then odd numbers) which applied to a lot more than finger crossing... well that was probably an early bout of obsessive compulsive disorder...
wooo... why pay for a psychiatrist when you can use HoP?!
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Posted:
haha! I did the graveyard one too!!
And when you cross train tracks in the car, you need to lift your feet off the floor and hold your breath there too!!
haha! I did the graveyard one too!!
And when you cross train tracks in the car, you need to lift your feet off the floor and hold your breath there too!!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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I had to hold my breath going over bridges or the trolls would hear me.
I had to hold my breath going over bridges or the trolls would hear me.
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Posted:
My sister made me believe that there was crocodiles under the bed at night time and they would eat you if you had to get out of bed at any time during the night.
The escalator thing was a belief of mine too.
Ohhh and if I killed any type of insect the family would gather an army and attack me in the middle of the night.
My sister made me believe that there was crocodiles under the bed at night time and they would eat you if you had to get out of bed at any time during the night.
The escalator thing was a belief of mine too.
Ohhh and if I killed any type of insect the family would gather an army and attack me in the middle of the night.
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You can't breathe going through a road tunnel.. I still hold my breath most of the time, unless I'm driving and there's someone else in the car.
Nearly passed out in the Mersey Tunnel a few times as a kid.
One of my aunts used to belive that an Oxo cube contained an entire condensed cow..
They're a make of stock cubes, for anyone from a country they don't sell 'em..
I also firmly belived I had once levitated up to the ceiling, and used to stand in the room with one arm raised concentrating reeeeeaaallly hard... plus there was an extra door downstairs between the cupboard and the bathroom, with a light behind that I saw one night..
Oh, and my whole school belived that a creepy big old house at the end of the road had a crashed fighter plane in the garden- then a month or so before I left I had to go round there once, and there actually was! I saw it! But nobody would believe me..
You can't breathe going through a road tunnel.. I still hold my breath most of the time, unless I'm driving and there's someone else in the car.
Nearly passed out in the Mersey Tunnel a few times as a kid.
One of my aunts used to belive that an Oxo cube contained an entire condensed cow..
They're a make of stock cubes, for anyone from a country they don't sell 'em..
I also firmly belived I had once levitated up to the ceiling, and used to stand in the room with one arm raised concentrating reeeeeaaallly hard... plus there was an extra door downstairs between the cupboard and the bathroom, with a light behind that I saw one night..
Oh, and my whole school belived that a creepy big old house at the end of the road had a crashed fighter plane in the garden- then a month or so before I left I had to go round there once, and there actually was! I saw it! But nobody would believe me..
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i believed that if i ran at the back of my wardrobe hard enough i could force my way into narnia, my mum had to sit me down and explain that you can't get there through any old wardrobe, it has to be a magic one. so everytime i went round to other people's houses i would try in their wardrobes too.
i also belived if i ate smarties in the wrong order something terrible would happen to my family or friends. i still kinda have that one, though it just becomes a very bad feeling now instead of me being convinced my house will burn down.
and if i make a den outside with my mum's clean washing, not only will she not mind but she won't be able to see the den either.
i believed that if i ran at the back of my wardrobe hard enough i could force my way into narnia, my mum had to sit me down and explain that you can't get there through any old wardrobe, it has to be a magic one. so everytime i went round to other people's houses i would try in their wardrobes too.
i also belived if i ate smarties in the wrong order something terrible would happen to my family or friends. i still kinda have that one, though it just becomes a very bad feeling now instead of me being convinced my house will burn down.
and if i make a den outside with my mum's clean washing, not only will she not mind but she won't be able to see the den either.
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omg! that thing about Narnia is adorable!
omg! that thing about Narnia is adorable!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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I never had a wardrobe
I thought you had to hold your breath past cemeteries or evil and/or unrested spirits would come into you
I never had a wardrobe
I thought you had to hold your breath past cemeteries or evil and/or unrested spirits would come into you
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For awhile my sister had me thinking I was a baby kandaroo that had been transformed (My name is Joseph EI Joey)
That ramping a Bike off a ramp made out of a couple of bricks and piece of wood. in the middle of the road was a good Idea.
That we could derail a train if we put enough stones on the tracks... Oh wait you can do that. Wonder why we:
A. Never got ran over by said train
B. Never made a train derail...
If I listened really hard I could understand my dog. (Not many human friends that far out in the country)
That Bag worms (https://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef440.asp) would attack you and get under your skin and kill you if you got to close to them.
For awhile my sister had me thinking I was a baby kandaroo that had been transformed (My name is Joseph EI Joey)
That ramping a Bike off a ramp made out of a couple of bricks and piece of wood. in the middle of the road was a good Idea.
That we could derail a train if we put enough stones on the tracks... Oh wait you can do that. Wonder why we:
A. Never got ran over by said train
B. Never made a train derail...
If I listened really hard I could understand my dog. (Not many human friends that far out in the country)
That Bag worms (https://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef440.asp) would attack you and get under your skin and kill you if you got to close to them.
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Big fat brown birds were out to get me - so far so good, but....
they were out to get me in my bedroom!!! And...
they were going to come in through the walls!!
There were these tiny little lumps under the wallpaper, and I was convinced it was the points of their beaks, they were just poised to come in.
Also, there was occasionally 'something' behind my curtains
Luckily, my duvet also offered adequate protection, against both birds and curtain-beasts....
You know, I can't think of any fun things I believed! And a lot of the other ones posted seem to revolve around fears as well... do we just remember them better or did we not really believe the good stuff?
Big fat brown birds were out to get me - so far so good, but....
they were out to get me in my bedroom!!! And...
they were going to come in through the walls!!
There were these tiny little lumps under the wallpaper, and I was convinced it was the points of their beaks, they were just poised to come in.
Also, there was occasionally 'something' behind my curtains
Luckily, my duvet also offered adequate protection, against both birds and curtain-beasts....
You know, I can't think of any fun things I believed! And a lot of the other ones posted seem to revolve around fears as well... do we just remember them better or did we not really believe the good stuff?
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Location: Australia
Posted:
I was told a lot of wierd things as a kid, but this one stuck out.
Me (aged 8 years): Mummy, how do brains work?
Mum: Well, normal people's brains work like a straight line. But some people - crazy people - have brains that work in loops.
My sister (aged 6 years): But mummy, my brains works in loops!
Mum: Well then, you must be crazy.
I also had a pretty bizarre understanding of how someone got HIV. My parents told me all about AIDS and HEP C, and when i asked them how you got it, mum just said "well, you only get it if you do really bad things" (obviously not wanting to go into detail about sex or drugs). So i took this to mean that if you're naughty, you get these diseases, so i was really worried that i'd just get them like magic, for doing anything 'naughty'.
I was told a lot of wierd things as a kid, but this one stuck out.
Me (aged 8 years): Mummy, how do brains work?
Mum: Well, normal people's brains work like a straight line. But some people - crazy people - have brains that work in loops.
My sister (aged 6 years): But mummy, my brains works in loops!
Mum: Well then, you must be crazy.
I also had a pretty bizarre understanding of how someone got HIV. My parents told me all about AIDS and HEP C, and when i asked them how you got it, mum just said "well, you only get it if you do really bad things" (obviously not wanting to go into detail about sex or drugs). So i took this to mean that if you're naughty, you get these diseases, so i was really worried that i'd just get them like magic, for doing anything 'naughty'.
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Posted:
I believed that 100 was the biggest possible number you could get, and i also believed that the pool cleaner would suck me up...
I believed that 100 was the biggest possible number you could get, and i also believed that the pool cleaner would suck me up...
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