Weird Things You Misunderstood (Took Literally) as a Kid

I'm talking about sayings or phrases you overheard as a child that your little brain just could not make proper sense of, so you did the best you could.

Three come to mind, all when I was around 5 or younger.

I thought the Race for President of the United States was a real race, similar to the Wacky Races that came on Saturday morning cartoons. They even talked about how they were doing in the polls! I remember asking my Mother what kind of car Reagan drove.

I thought the Strip in every city was a place where people walked around naked. This was kind of justified because one night we were driving home from the movies and Dad decided to drive down the Strip instead of our normal route. We got mooned by a bunch of high school kids at a traffic light.

Final one, I thought launch windows were legit windows the space shuttle had to get through because my little 4-5 year old brain couldn't comprehend how we could live on the surface of the Earth surrounded by the vastness of space. I thought there was some blueish glass shield around the planet that periodically opened.

Sad note, I was in Kindergarten when the Challenger exploded, I asked the teacher, "Did it hit the edge of the window."

You guys remember anything similar from you rchildhoods?