When I Was Little, I Thought That.....

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Mr Nobody

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I had the impression that all long yellow/brown grass meant 'swamp', and if you went into a swamp you would definitely sink into the mud and die. Imagine how surprised I was when I discovered that people lived in places like the Everglades.
Quicksand...yep. I believed that one until I was an adult, and was taught how to get out of it unaided (which actually involved deliberately hopping into quicksand. Lovely!)
My left eye was wonky until an operation corrected it when I was 7. This meant I had little or no depth perception until I was about 9 (re-learning what I had learned sucked). For a long time, I thought that I'd be able to touch the clouds if only I were a little bit taller.
One of our neighbours in our block threw a fried egg out of their window. A friend and I found it and he picked it up, saying it was a dead grass snake. I went around for years believing that grass snakes looked like old, discarded fried eggs.
Until 1979, I believed that all nights were cloudless and that new clouds were formed at the horizon at dawn.
I actually believed that if I happened to be awake at midnight I'd hear the Devil squeal.
 
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booklover72

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9 years of age actually thinking i would be president of Ireland lol talk about ambition and owning a 944 porsche turbo. lol
Oh year my uncle going into hospital to get a pip removed, hey ma, do you think i am stupid?????????????????????
 
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Walter Oobleck

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Told this one before...how I was ruint by Hollywood? Sixteen...or soon to be. We pile in the Dodge Dart and head over to the Gay-Lake Linden hill, stop on side of the road, I get behind the wheel. First time. I think we all went to church earlier...washed feet. We were foot-washing Baptists...our feet are clean and we're ready to roll.
I don't remember buckling up...don't believe any of us were buckled up. We crash, we want to go quick. Mom's riding shotgun. The Old Man got in the back with my sisters...little brother was...somewhere...maybe in the front seat.

Car is idling...the Old Man coughs, lights a cigarette, cranks the window a notch.

I'm behind the wheel, hesitant.

What's wrong? asks Mom.
Well...I say, trying not to whine and doing poorly...is it like on TV when you turn the wheel?

I demonstrate since I don't know how to articulate what I mean, grabbing the wheel and turning it like they do on TV...you know, Sergeant Friday maybe...Andy Griffith...Herman Munster...the big guys.
The Old Man guffaws. He guffawed a lot. Mom snorts. Mom snorted a lot. My Sisters giggled. Little bro was with me on this but even he was grinning.

What do you mean? asks Mom.

Well! I say, all exasperated, they turn the wheel like this? I demonstrate some back and forth wheel motion...but it seems like they're still heading straight down the road.

The Old Man started choking...sisters were laughing...Mom's trying not to laugh.

No! she says...You don't have to turn the wheel much to go straight.

In the end it all worked out...made my way up the hill and out toward the big lake, toward Gay where we stopped at the Gay Bar and went in for a pizza and cold drinks.
 
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AnnaMarie

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blunthead said:
Who thinks this?
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Many people I have dealt with on-line seem to honestly believe the rest of the world does not matter. (Thus we are cockroaches.) I have dealt with this attitude in real life too. And I DO NOT mean every American. I do not like being walked on. I have stopped going to forums where it is prevalent.

And take any piece of history, allow Hollywood to make a movie of it...and no matter what the reality is...the good old US of A are the heroes. Even if in reality, they played a small part. And I'm sorry if this bursts anyone's bubble....but sometimes heroes are from other countries.

So, while they don't literally believe the rest of the world doesn't exist, they think the rest doesn't matter.
 
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Walter Oobleck

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How bout Romper Room? "Romper, bomper, stomper boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me, do. Magic Mirror, tell me today, have all my friends had fun at play?" And you'd be waiting for her to call your name...don't believe she ever did me. But we really believed she could see us?

Or the end of The Beverly Hillbillies? The Clampetts all come out and start waving goodbye? I'd start waving back...sure seemed like they could see you.
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AnnaMarie said:
Many people I have dealt with on-line seem to honestly believe the rest of the world does not matter. (Thus we are cockroaches.) I have dealt with this attitude in real life too. And I DO NOT mean every American. I do not like being walked on. I have stopped going to forums where it is prevalent.

And take any piece of history, allow Hollywood to make a movie of it...and no matter what the reality is...the good old US of A are the heroes. Even if in reality, they played a small part. And I'm sorry if this bursts anyone's bubble....but sometimes heroes are from other countries.

So, while they don't literally believe the rest of the world doesn't exist, they think the rest doesn't matter.
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Most movies nowadays paint the U.S. as the bad guy.

You seem to have a bias against the U.S. Lots of people do these days. I apologize on behalf of America for any arrogant American attitude you've personally experienced.
 
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Walter Oobleck said:
How bout Romper Room? "Romper, bomper, stomper boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me, do. Magic Mirror, tell me today, have all my friends had fun at play?" And you'd be waiting for her to call your name...don't believe she ever did me. But we really believed she could see us?

Or the end of The Beverly Hillbillies? The Clampetts all come out and start waving goodbye? I'd start waving back...sure seemed like they could see you.
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Yes. I always waited. Kinda scared that she was looking.

I waited for Lassie to give paw too. Sat at the end of the show - held my hand out and said it. Lassie gave handshake. YAY

She gave pawshake during the credits.
 
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AnnaMarie

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blunthead said:
Most movies nowadays paint the U.S. as the bad guy.

You seem to have a bias against the U.S. Lots of people do these days. I apologize on behalf of America for any arrogant American attitude you've personally experienced.
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You don't need to apologize. You have never seemed that way. And I honestly don't think it's ALL Americans. :)

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As for Romper Room...she never called my name. Didn't take me long to realize she always said the more common names....like Michael and Donna. My name was not very common then. You could never find things like bracelets and stuff with Anna on it....so when I realized she only called out common names, I knew she would never call mine.
 
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