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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:26 AM Original message |
Wild, Crazy, Silly, Stupid Things you believed were true as a kid |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. I called roast beef "roast beef bird", for some reason. It just sounded |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Long before I even heard of Dr Seuss, I called "roast beef" "roast beast" |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. "Airpork-the act of joining the mile high club." LOL! That's a keeper! nt |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. I thought "Richard Stands" was the Secretary of State. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. I thought the traffic lights knew to change to green when they saw |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. I thought there was a man inside them watching traffic and changing them when they needed changing |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. Seems like my Grandpa explained it by saying something about |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. I thought my parents should've voted for Ford |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. yeah.... |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. We had oil heat |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. I thought my parents really could get rich from Amway. |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. I thought My Three Sons were the Lever Brothers |
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OakCliffDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. I thought the weathermen on TV really could forecast the weather |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. that the yellow traffic light meant go really fast! |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. I thought Babe Ruth never died |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. I thought there was a judge of some sort of that sorted people into sides for war. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. Most of the insane stuff I believed was told to me by my older brother, or... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. If I ran off a cliff |
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panhead1961 (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. I thought Mr. Green Jeans was Frank Zappa's father |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. I thought that Tennessee Williams and Tennessee Ernie Ford were the same person... |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. I thought the Three Bears lived in a forest near my house. |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. I thought that the wind blew |
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bamademo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I thought there was a god and a Jesus |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. I thought that the TV was filled with little people... |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. I thought that people who were color blind |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. I thought you got fired by the firing squad. It seemed excessive punishment for sleeping on the job |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. I had a bunch of crazy ones about sex when I was a kid. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. That dreams could come true. |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. I thought music on the radio would pause when you got out of the car. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. that's high-tech |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. Matthew 7:7-8 King James Version |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
56. I can relate to that one. |
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marigold20 (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:15 PM Original message |
I thought Mouseketeer Annette went to my grade school. |
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marigold20 (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. I thought Mouseketeer Annette went to my grade school. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Back in the early 80's Annette was a parent at the |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. I was a VERY gullible kid ... |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. I thought Hugh Beaumont of Leave it to Beaver fame was |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. baseball on tv: |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. That what is right will win. |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
35. When I was a kid, |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
36. When I was little I called Democrats "Damn Cats" |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
39. I thought skyscrapers really *did* scrape the sky |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
40. I thought all the traffic lights were controlled by Bill Cosby from an underground cave. |
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amyrose2712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
41. I thought Mr Potato Heads lived in the |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
42. I thought poisonous tomatoes grew beyond the mountains |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
43. dupe |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. A few friends of mine, in grade 2 or so, were going to run away from home. They |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
46. I thought the vapor trails from jets were what made the clouds. n/t |
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warrior1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. A little girl |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
48. I thought the Susquahanna River was pronounced "Squishy Hanna" |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. If you swallowed your gum, it took 7 years to come out the other end |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
50. I thought I had better be a good little girl |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
51. I thought clouds |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
52. If you unraveled the rubber bands inside a golf ball |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
53. I thought the way to send a letter to Santa was to burn it in the fireplace |
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Rising Phoenix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
54. my mom told us our pet cat left to be the Whiskis cat on tv |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
55. I thought humans could live underwater |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
57. I thought that people in the same business hated each other. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
58. I believed that the USA was a democratic republic. |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
59. Sweet Pickles, i think it was called. I totally had a ovaltine moment |
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