Childhood misbeliefs.

[Iron Lizard]

I know I can't be the only one that didn't understand that "drinking and driving" just meant alcohol.

[Bossman]

My Dad used to tell me he always met famous people (like Batman, The Fonz) while he was away on business trips. I totally believed him.

I also used to think I had to keep the curtains closed at night, or the tree outside would turn into a monster and get me.

[Vyse of Arcadia]

My mom had a habit of telling me things that were untrue without considering that I would believe her.

Suffice it to say, I believed that raw potatoes were poisonous until I was twenty.

[drunkex]

When I was a teenager I thought that if I ever managed to get into the kind of shape I'm currently in I'd be beating the girls off with a stick.

[WarmSignal]

Hmmm.... How about thinking that by now (2011) we'd all be living in futuristic cities with flying cars and microwaves the regenerated food, like in that one crappy 90s movie that I can remember the name of.

[eddiespruce]

I know I can't be the only one that didn't understand that "drinking and driving" just meant alcohol.

You're not the only one. When I was five, I was in the car with my grandfather and he was drinking a Pepsi while driving. I remember turning to him and saying "Hey, that's drinking and driving!"

[Flygon]

Hmmm.... How about thinking that by now (2011) we'd all be living in futuristic cities with flying cars and microwaves the regenerated food, like in that one crappy 90s movie that I can remember the name of.

Back to the Future II wasn't crappy, or from the 90's!

[Chilly Willy]

You're not the only one. When I was five, I was in the car with my grandfather and he was drinking a Pepsi while driving. I remember turning to him and saying "Hey, that's drinking and driving!"

Actually, doing anything while driving impairs your ability to drive safely, be it eating, drinking (anything), reading (newspapers, books, etc), talking on the phone, putting on makeup, or (my favorite) shaving. Many places have started to crack down on these practices, basically considering it the same offense as reckless driving, but not to the same extent as driving under the influence of drugs.

[ShadowHawk]

Hmmm.... How about thinking that by now (2011) we'd all be living in futuristic cities with flying cars and microwaves the regenerated food, like in that one crappy 90s movie that I can remember the name of.

THIS

I used to wake up and look out the window to see if i would see a flying car

oh 90s movie you are looking for is TOTAL RECALL

[Guntz]

I demand hoverboards by 2015.

Vote Guntz for President.

[Zz Badnusty]

My most immature and deluded belief?
that omniscient beings watched and judged us from the sky.

[Zz Badnusty]

Just read the "drinking and driving" comments.

It is disturbing how clearly that illustrates the penetration and pervasiveness of Mothers Against Drunk Driver's propaganda.
Kind of Orwellian to have the children programed in such a way.

[The Jackal]

THIS

I used to wake up and look out the window to see if i would see a flying car

oh 90s movie you are looking for is TOTAL RECALL

No, no it wasn't. Total Recall had no flying cars or instant super microwaves. And it wasn't crappy; it's perhaps one of Arnie's best films!

[Iron Lizard]

Hmmm.... How about thinking that by now (2011) we'd all be living in futuristic cities with flying cars and microwaves the regenerated food, like in that one crappy 90s movie that I can remember the name of.

Yeah sounds more like Back to the Future Part II. Better delete that post or Rusty might ban you.

[Thenewguy]

All I can remember at the moment is a pretty boring one to be honest, there's a cereal here (maybe everywhere) called Weetabix, which is basically a block of wheat that you eat from a bowl of milk.

Anyway my mother always told me I had to make sure to eat two of them, but I couldn't be bothered, so I decided that the second best thing to do would be to leave the cereal for 10 minutes, until the wheat spread and merged with the milk, because I felt that I would be eating more than one bar that way.

Anyway after a few months my mum noticed me eating only one, and got angry, I tried to explain that it was alright because I always left it until it became bigger, she basically just shouted the hell out of me saying that what I'd said made no sense. Oh well lol