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 thought this for I while and asked my mum how they made it so perfect, she said "They film it a little bit at a time." I then thought that they only said one word at a time and wondered how they made sure it fitted together!

I also thought that the actors on a DVD would change the scenes very slightly so that it would be more interesting. I think this came from seeing Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility at very similar times and on re-watching Pride and Prejudice not seeing anybody covering a screen as they do in Sense and Sensibility and thinking they must have decided that it wasn't worth it!

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Thought of something else, I was incredulous when my grandfather told me that he had £200. I thought you could buy the moon with that sort of money!

Jill, I felt the same about money. I though a person could live half their life on a $100! Now I realize you can spend more than $100 in a day...

When I was little I thought that God would fix my favorite slinky that had gotten bent out of shape. I put it in a little box under my clothes dresser, and prayed intensely every night for two whole weeks. When I finally opened the box, the slinky was in the exact same state as when I started. I was quite angry.

When I was little I thought that God would fix my favorite slinky that had gotten bent out of shape. I put it in a little box under my clothes dresser, and prayed intensely every night for two whole weeks. When I finally opened the box, the slinky was in the exact same state as when I started. I was quite angry.

Aww, I'm sorry that hapenned to you.
I did a similar thing when I was little, only it was a different kind of toy, and for me it was put back together. I guess you and the Slinky just weren't meant to be. But, of course, you could always buy a new one! Although it might not be as special as that one was.

~Riella

I love reading through this thread.

Valiant_Lucy, I can see why you thought that. I think I remember thinking the same thing. I wish I didn't have to learn what concentration camps REALLY were.

Regarding laugh tracks - it was only a year or two ago that I actually figured out that they used them in place of a live audience. Up until then, I thought that it really was a bunch of people in the audience laughing every time. Now I see how impractical that would be, especially if the joke wasn't exactly funny.

When I was little, I thought that if I stepped on a crack in the sidewalk, I really would break my mother's back.

When I was little, I thought that if I stepped on a crack in the sidewalk, I really would break my mother's back.

Me too! Then once I accidentally stepped on a crack, & I was so worried that my mom was hurt. Then my sister informed me that I wasn't real.

I just remembered this one today. When I was little, I used to think that you would get drunk if you ate too many cookies, because they have vanilla extract in them, which contain alcohol. I was so worried about it! Then my mom started buying alcohol free vanilla, & I felt much better about eating cookies! It wasn't until I was about 10 that it all burns out even though there's barely any in there! The things you think when you're little...

I mostly confused words. For example, I though it was "human bean" instead of "human being." I also didn't know that the "gh" in "laugh" was pronounced like an "f," so I thought there were two ways to say "laugh": "laff" and "laugg." I thought you had to be married to have kids and I thought that my parents' marriage depended on their wedding bands and promptly freaked out when my dad lost a lot of weight and his band slipped off while we were grocery shopping.

I used to think that when people got injured in movies, they had actually gotten injured

My dad told me that when people kissed in movies they didn't actually kiss but curl their lips inwards, and I always wondered how they were able to kiss so realistically.

My dad used to tell me that the "PG- V, SC" on tv ratings was "Parental Guidance, Very Stupid Comedy". Not exactly right...

I guess you and the Slinky just weren't meant to be. But, of course, you could always buy a new one! Although it might not be as special as that one was.

Yeah, that was a big part of it. I had won the slinky as a carnival prize and felt like I couldn't buy another slinky because I wouldn't have "won" it.

I always thought that the teletubbies, or who ever else I was watching on TV, live inside "the box". Remeber when Tv's were big boxes? We had that kind, so I'd always be trying to "get inside."

My grandma was always scared the TV would fall on me.

But as far as I can tell, that never happened- Unless it did and I never knew it!

LOL boyscout, they just don't make tv's like that anymore, huh?

I used to think that if i stuck my head (or any other body part for that matter) in the stair/railling holes, i'd be stuck there forever

I thought if you wanted something, you just went to the store and took it. I could never understand why people said "No, we can't afford it" haha.

There are adults who think still think like that

I used to think that "Pontius Pilate" was "Punching Pilot"

*tracks down the topic from page four*

I just remembered a funny misconception I had as a kid.

When I was little we did a lot of face painting and we had this really cool book with tons of color photos of different designs, ideas etc (Clowns, animals, rainbows, whatever). Alot of the clown ones would have sequins incorporated into the look. But I thought they were thumbtacks!! I thought the had stuck them onto the kids' faces I never even questioned this, it was just fact to me. So, yeah. Definetly a mis-conception

When I was in second grade I was playing with two of my friends and one of them was being really funny and I told her that she should be a canadian... I meant comedian but I didn't realize it until like two years later! They just stared at me!

Today I was talking with my parents and my (almost) 8 year old brother comes over and says, "Hey (my name), do you still want to be a vegetarian?" My parents and I started cracking up because we knew he meant veterinarian! He was a little embarrased...

I have a story like that Matsi!

my best friend (15 at the time) and I were about to cross the street when a car quickly goes by us. She yells "Presbyterians first" I crack up and say "you mean pedestrians" and I still joke with her about it today