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re: Weird Things You Misunderstood (Took Literally) as a Kid
Posted on 8/12/15 at 7:48 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Posted on 8/12/15 at 7:48 am to PurpleandGold Motown
(Not really misunderstood, just stupid) - I remember telling my friend's straight laced, slightly prudish mom that I wanted to be a prostitute when I grew up. I had no idea what it meant, but I remember for some reason thinking it was a respectable position in academia.
The ex, as an adult, wondered why there were so many Frontage Roads in towns along the highway. She pronounced it like you would pronounce collage or homage.
The ex, as an adult, wondered why there were so many Frontage Roads in towns along the highway. She pronounced it like you would pronounce collage or homage.
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Posted on 8/12/15 at 7:49 am to LSU Wayne
I'm in the LMNOP camp as well.
No outlet signs had me thinking people didn't have electricity
No outlet signs had me thinking people didn't have electricity
Posted on 8/12/15 at 7:52 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Drinking and driving. One time I remember telling my dad he couldn't drink water while driving. Wish i would have saved that advice for the ride home from LSU games.
Posted on 8/12/15 at 8:11 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Watching Buckskin Bill before school seemed so real at the time.
Also, when someone said they kicked the bucket, I would actually think just that.
Also, when someone said they kicked the bucket, I would actually think just that.
Posted on 8/12/15 at 8:39 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Watergate. I pictured water and a gate. Could not grasp why a water control structure was so important to take up so much TV time.
Posted on 8/12/15 at 8:52 am to AlxTgr
When I was little, I had a black nanny who was in her 60s. I asked my mom why my grandpa, who was a year or two older, hadn't turned black yet. I thought you turned black in old age.
Posted on 8/12/15 at 8:52 am to zacata88
^^^is a good one
Posted on 8/12/15 at 9:03 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I was maybe 5 years old at the time, and I heard my dad say that he was about to have to fire one of his employees, well I immediately thought that he was gunna set this guy on fire! He then talked to me and explained what was going on.
Posted on 8/12/15 at 9:06 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I was tricked into saying SOB (the letters) in front of adults by some older kids when I was about 5, I guess? I thought it meant sob, as in cry. The neighbors' parents were too stupid to realize I was tricked and thought I was meaning son of a bitch instead of sob as in cry. I kept asking why is sob (saying) the actual word at this point bad? It just means cry as the neighbor mom was walking me home. Now I realize they just didn't want to admit their kids were to blame.
Posted on 8/12/15 at 9:08 am to yurintroubl
Listening to a football game on the radio with my dad when I was a kid and asked him who was playing. He told me Miami and someone else. Asked him if his-ami could be my-ami (what I heard) too.
Also on a fishing trip as a kid with my family in a small boat. Sitting on the ice chest and nothing to do, so I decided to play with my moms rod and reel I was using in the water. Was going to set it on the water and let it float beside the boat. Yeah, so it didnt' float, sunk before I could grab it. They weren't happy when they started looking for it and I fessed up. I just couldn't grasp why they boat would float but a rod and reel wouldn't. .
Also on a fishing trip as a kid with my family in a small boat. Sitting on the ice chest and nothing to do, so I decided to play with my moms rod and reel I was using in the water. Was going to set it on the water and let it float beside the boat. Yeah, so it didnt' float, sunk before I could grab it. They weren't happy when they started looking for it and I fessed up. I just couldn't grasp why they boat would float but a rod and reel wouldn't. .
This post was edited on 8/12/15 at 9:10 am
Posted on 8/12/15 at 9:10 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I thought bell peppers grew with rice dressing in them.
Posted on 8/12/15 at 9:15 am to Buck_Rogers
quote:
I know of many people who were and still are made to believe that the Civil War was a race issue
Educate yourself
Posted on 8/12/15 at 9:18 am to colorchangintiger
Posted on 8/12/15 at 9:22 am to colorchangintiger
Posted on 8/12/15 at 9:39 am to PurpleandGold Motown
On a vacation trip to Texas, my older brother told me we would take a loop on the interstate at Houston.
I envisioned one of these:
I crapped my pants the whole trip, praying that my dad would speed through it fast enough so we wouldn't fall off!
I envisioned one of these:
I crapped my pants the whole trip, praying that my dad would speed through it fast enough so we wouldn't fall off!
Posted on 8/12/15 at 9:40 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Though when the announcer stated the number of fans at the ballpark that he was dead wrong because there were only 6-8 (outdoor ceiling fans under the covered part of the stands.
In my college astronomy course, I remember a guy being incredibly embarrassed to find out that "shooting stars" were actually stars that suddenly and randomly "shot" across vast distances of space.
In my college astronomy course, I remember a guy being incredibly embarrassed to find out that "shooting stars" were actually stars that suddenly and randomly "shot" across vast distances of space.
Posted on 8/12/15 at 12:21 pm to NATidefan
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My cousins friend asked me if I knew what masturbating was while we were headed to go fishing. This was during a period of me knowing what sex was but not anything else about it. And us fishing a lot during the summer. Context is a motherfricker sometimes.
One that always got me was when I'd see a coupon or a sale that would say, for example, "Save 50 cents". I thought it meant that you'd only have 50 cents left to your name after you bought it. I remember thinking that was an awful sales pitch.
Posted on 8/12/15 at 12:36 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Got some movie related ones - these still make me :cast:
1 - the credits in the movies - back then the cinima effects mostly showed the stars names and rotated them and up popped another name. I thought that the new name had to be the old name rotated - So I went home and made a sign with my name and turned it over - it didn't spell anything so I decided I could never be in the movies.
2 - the serials after the western - the wagon going over the cliff, only to discover next week that the star had jumped off before the wagon went over. I berated myself every week for not having been able to detect that in real time.
3 - the movie Robin Hood = starred Errol Flynn and Olivia deHaviland - I thought that the billboard out front was some foreign language saying "Arrows flying over the homeland"
1 - the credits in the movies - back then the cinima effects mostly showed the stars names and rotated them and up popped another name. I thought that the new name had to be the old name rotated - So I went home and made a sign with my name and turned it over - it didn't spell anything so I decided I could never be in the movies.
2 - the serials after the western - the wagon going over the cliff, only to discover next week that the star had jumped off before the wagon went over. I berated myself every week for not having been able to detect that in real time.
3 - the movie Robin Hood = starred Errol Flynn and Olivia deHaviland - I thought that the billboard out front was some foreign language saying "Arrows flying over the homeland"
Posted on 8/12/15 at 1:01 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
I remember there was the commercial where an old lady went to jail because she had cataracts. My mom later said my grandmother was having trouble with her cataracts, and I freaked out thinking she was going to have to go to jail.
I thought "strangers" that your parents/teachers warned you about all wore trench coats and a fedora like the guy in neighborhood watch signs.
I thought "strangers" that your parents/teachers warned you about all wore trench coats and a fedora like the guy in neighborhood watch signs.
Posted on 8/12/15 at 1:06 pm to zacata88
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When I was little, I had a black nanny who was in her 60s. I asked my mom why my grandpa, who was a year or two older, hadn't turned black yet. I thought you turned black in old age.
My Grandfather -- half Creek Indian -- was extremely dark naturally and worked out in the sun all day. The man was darker than most black folks.
My blond haired, blue eyed cousin had a serious revelation when he was about 7 when during black history month at school he insisted our family was black.
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