We once had my niece convinced that the world was black and white back in the 20's and 30's and that it didn't turn color (and grainy at that) around the 40's.

Were you inspired by a certain Calvin & Hobbes comic strip?

That reminds me of a misconception brought about by a comment my dad made. My dad had said something like, "Many men had lined up, wanting to marry your mother, but I was the lucky one!" as a joke, and I can't remember the context. But I thought he was serious, so for a while I pictured my parents wedding consisting of 10 men dressed very formally lined up in a row at the front of the church and my mom going by in a wedding dress and picking one.

Heh as a matter of fact I was! Plus she was rather gullible and believed what we were telling her. My mom even pitched in too.

Here's a link to the Calvin & Hobbes Mino is referencing.

I thought that all babies, everywhere, were born with blue eyes.
For some reason I thought that to surrender meant to win, and was very surprised when I found out it didn't.
I also though both President Bushes were the same person.
Weird.

When I was little, I used to hear a lot of my friends & other kids ranting & raving about this movie called "Napolean Dynamite". I had never seen it, but they said it was REALLY funny. Then one day I saw a commercial for a movie about a little puppy who would go on "adventures" called "Napolean", & I thought for the longest time that was the movie that everyone was obssesed with. I remember thinking "wow, it doesn't really seem that funny." lol

I also thought that all the cars on the freeway were in a big race. Then whenever my dad or mom would let a car pass them, I'd get really mad cause I thought that they just weren't trying hard enough!

My sister & I thought that Michael Jackson & Michael Jordon were the same person but just went by different names & it didn't matter which one you used. We thought that he was a race car driver. I eventually found out that Micchael Jorndon was a basketball player, but I had no idea who Michael Jackson really was until he died.

There's probably way more but I just can't think of them right now!

I thought that actors actually didn't kiss in movies. I thought that they just stood there in a "kissing" pose with their lips puckered but a couple inches apart and the editors edited them together later on so they were actually kissing in the movie.

I thought that actors actually didn't kiss in movies. I thought that they just stood there in a "kissing" pose with their lips puckered but a couple inches apart and the editors edited them together later on so they were actually kissing in the movie.

Me too! If someone had told me they were actually kissing, either I wouldn't have believed them, or I would have been really angry at the actors and filmmakers, lol.

When a movie said it was "A true story" or "based on a true story", I would always be amazed they would be able to reenact everything, because I thought it was all 100% accurate. One time I asked my mom, "How do they remember it all so well in order to make the movie? Like how do they remember what color the phone was?" I thought even the color of the telephone was the actual color of the real telephone in the real-life story.

~Riella

I remember my parents telling me that when I had to eat something I didn't like, I should close my eyes so I wouldn't be able to taste it.

Remember that cereal brand from a while back called Oreo-O's or something like that? I thought that when you looked through the O's you would really be up in the clouds so I convinced my mom to buy me some (a two for the price of one deal btw) and it didn't work! and then I had to eat all of the cereal that I didn't like

I also thought that sunglasses completely blocked out the sun.

I used to think that if I kissed a boy I'd get pregnant, so that kept me away from them for awhile.

I thought that all babies, everywhere, were born with blue eyes.

I think all babies everywhere ARE born with blue eyes. It's the basic color of the eyes and their color for life comes in within a few weeks after the baby is born.

When I was little, I believed that a dollar was a fortune and couldn't wrap my head around the concept of a hundred of them. Whoa.

I used to think that the role a person played in a movie was how someone really acted in real life. This prejudiced me against the actors playing various villains for a looooong time.

Aww, I love this thread! Little kids are so cute!

When I was little, my parents used to tell me that they picked me out at the grocery store. I'm not sure if I seriously believed them, though.

Anyone remember that TV show Zoboomafoo? Yeah, I was convinced that the talking lemur puppet was real.

I used to be totally against The Lord of the Rings because I didn't know the word "lord" had another meaning besides the capitalized "Lord" as in "God".

For me, when I was really young, I thought cars just sort of drove themselves. I was shocked when I learned that my parents were the ones making the car do everything.

This, but kind of the opposite. I thought that for cars to move at all someone needed to be holding the steering wheel, and was ever so surprised when my dad let go of it one day, and the car kept moving forwards.

I don't quite know how I got my head around this one, but I would think that actors and actresses always had the same name as the characters they played. I can clearly remember finishing watching the BBC version of LWW one day, and my mum saying something like, "hey, the person that played Susan is called Suzanne!", and I responded with, "but.. why isn't she called Susan?".. and from this point forth I began to work out the truth.

Lastly, I thought that change was something that people in the shops always gave you back after you bought something, as a sort of gift. I can remember playing a game with my mum or something, and trying to give her some of the money she had given me back.

Fun thread!

When I was very little, I must have had the idea that cartoons were real people, because I would try to figure out how they made it look like the kids were flying in the animated "Peter Pan". I thought maybe they hung them on strings, but I couldn't figure out from what.

I also had enough dreams about flying downstairs that I began to think I really could fly down stairs.

I know I had lots of other goofy ideas, but I'd have to think about it.

Anyone remember that TV show Zoboomafoo? Yeah, I was convinced that the talking lemur puppet was real.

Um. That wasn't real?

I used to think that in a movie, they never stopped the camera, they just filmed the whole thing in one shot. I always wondered how the camera changed to different shots so fast. I didn't understand that you could stop film and then edit it later.

I also thought the actors would have to change their costumes at lightning speed so they could be ready for the next shot .

I used to think that the role a person played in a movie was how someone really acted in real life. This prejudiced me against the actors playing various villains for a looooong time.

HAHA, me too!!

Um. That wasn't real?

It wasn't CGI, it was a real puppet. It just wasn't an actual lemur.