Silly misconceptions you had as a kid...

[XR8putts]

Oh man I've got heaps!

1. At every set of traffic lights and electronic pedestrians crossings were men underground controlling the lights. I used to push the crossing button repeatidly to annoy them.
2. Sleeping with someone meant sleeping in the same bed as them.
3. The Mitsubishi V3000 had a 3000 things that made it go fast where as a Ford V8 only had 8, I didn't get the fuss over V8s when this bland looking Mitsi would be atleast 10 times faster!
4. Audi's were made and sold to fund the Olympics.
5. All files on a computer that ended in .jpeg were porn (big brothers for you).
6. Jesus wrote every bible by hand.

[blueoval]

I remember my wifes friend tricking her sister into thinking dog poo was chocolate.

I also remember tricking my kid sister into thinking tabasco sauce was miniature tomato sauce.

[GORDZ]

Originally Posted by puts99

5. All files on a computer that ended in .jpeg were porn (big brothers for you).

HAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

Originally Posted by GORDZ

HAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

That's true on some computers.

[matty8604]

i dunno how i came to this conclusion when i was young but...

I thought the power stations in my area were cloud makers and when there were no clouds, they were broken.

[DBourne]

Originally Posted by TZENU

the "Do not use lift in case of fire"... I thought I can't use a lift in case it caught fire and so i would always want to walk up stairs!

that's fair enough, the wording is terrible on those signs.

[TUF_302]

I love the one about all comp files ending in JPEG being porn lol!

[Yellow_Festiva]

LOL.. some of these are great.

Ok dad had an XA Falcon. I thought the fan behind the radiator was what actually made the car GO, as in, like a propeller on a plane!

Hmmm I didnt sleep for days after watching a documentary, saying that polar bears ran faster than humans.. so naturally I was on the look out to get as much of a head start as possible...

Remember StarWars? That octopus looking thing that was below the junk and water in the garbage compactor?? Yup, one of those lived under the local tip...

I thought your food fell into a frying pan within your body, sorta where one would assume a stomach was...

1m/h=2km/h, so naturally dads previously mentioned XA was the fastest car on the street, as the max speed (in Miles) was really doubled in Km...

Those house alarm sensors, the ones that sit in the corner of a room with a red and green light. I though that the blinking green light was the sensor, and the red light was an eye that was watching you. Naturally I pooped myself when I watched the first Terminator movie...

Meh.. now as an adult there are a whole lot of new silly misconceptions...

[Daymoe]

Originally Posted by ozmale42

That going to work was much better than going to school as you actually got paid for attending !

Huh?! You mean thats not true?!

[DENKO]

i used to think that the boogy man was real, and that he used to hide at the creek, lol thats what my oldies told me
also that port philip bay had a big net around dromana so sharks couldn't come and eat me!

[bloggs24]

Most of the big metal drain cover things in my town have PMC engraved on them, and i was convinced by someone that PMC standed for Poofters Meeting Club, so i had to avoid stepping on it, to not be a poofter. And i still do avoid stepping on them today, just a habbit now i guess?

If you play with fire a ghost will visit you in your sleep and make you wet the bed.

I used to convince my younger cousins when they stayed at my place that there was a monster called Red Eye in the roof that eats people.
He is now my very own Mythological creature.

I have plenty of stories of spirits and such as most of my people come from wilcania, pretty much a ghost town.

[gthofan]

Originally Posted by Full Noise

I always thought of the olden days as black and white.

Same sort of thing with me, I thought it was all sepia tone, just because of old photos we have.

Also dad used to tell us he had santa's phone number in his wallet. If we were bad, he was gonna call him.


cheers
scott

[klawsterfobik]

My sister used to think that to stop a car you pulled back on the steering wheel...

[bluestreak]

Originally Posted by gthofan

Also dad used to tell us he had santa's phone number in his wallet. If we were bad, he was gonna call him.

Gotta try that!!

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[jornsmith]

As a kid i took the writing on motor oil bottles and washing liquid bottles (not to be taken) literally, and would not move them!

[matty8604]

Always believed my old man when he would tell us he would sell me and my brother when we fought

[[Tonko]]

2 words.... Girl Germs...

[TC200six]

Originally Posted by puts99

5. All files on a computer that ended in .jpeg were porn (big brothers for you).

What would it be if it was something else? (e.g. Bitmap, gif, etc.)

[King Nothing]

Mum and Dad had the great old story, when we would misbehave, about the home for unwanted children. We were never too sure about it, until one day we drove past the RSPCA at Lidcome, with all the dog cages. Mum pointed it out and said "Look, that's where they take you. You live in cages and they feed you once a day". From then on we always behaved in the car.

[alecrain]

I believed my mum when she said that junkies live only 5 years and that the countdown starts with the first drug you take.
but I'm alive and well- she lied to me :

[TheSneakiness]

Girls never farted... only boys did.

[Debzilla_108]

lol i think some girls still like to belive that

[Meg's GT's]

All good things come to those who wait........well I'm still waiting

[Donny]

Originally Posted by Debzilla_108

lol i think some girls still like to belive that

But we all know the truth of that one dont we? :

Girls let them rip the same as fellas, just most try to keep em on the down low... :

[X000BOSS]

when i used to see signs saying bobcats for sale, i thought that they were selling the feline type. always thought it would be cool to own a tiger or a bobcat.

[Fev]

Originally Posted by xagt_coupe

But we all know the truth of that one dont we? :

Girls let them rip the same as fellas, just most try to keep em on the down low... :

i keep em on the downlow too though, sacrificing the sound is so worth priceless looks on peoples faces when it wafts their way.. (i know im disgusting but you all do it!)

[Donny]

Originally Posted by Fev

i keep em on the downlow too though, sacrificing the sound is so worth priceless looks on peoples faces when it wafts their way.. (i know im disgusting but you all do it!)

this is a game some wickid females play all too well also.
I dunno whats worse, that your a sick puppy for doin such mischeif or admitting it..... :

[blueoval]

SBD = silent but deadly

I always ask after doing an SBD, "do you smell something burning?". More often then not, they smell the wrath and the nearly dry reach...........haha hmmmmm Thats disgusting :P

Back on topic, I thought my mates parents XE wagon with a twin system was the best car out, until I got older and found out that the engine was only a 6.

[ayeyew]

Originally Posted by xagt_coupe

But we all know the truth of that one dont we? :

Girls let them rip the same as fellas, just most try to keep em on the down low... :

I teach at highschool and there is this one girl in year 9 who definately does not try to keep them on the down low!

It's so foul...

I mean i know we all do it, including girls.. But in class?

I was a bastard of a kid in my early teen years, but i never, EVER farted (loudly) in class!


Another thing i used to think:

If you were in an airplane and looked down on the countries, they would all have the name of the country and main cities in writing on the land (like u were looking at a map), lol

[GK]

My mum had us conned into thinking that eating uncooked spaghetti would give us worms in the tummy!

About 5 years ago, I was eating some in front of my brother (who around that time was in his late 30's), who looked at me in horror and said, "don't eat that you'll get worms!"

LOL! Classic.

GK