When I was 5 years old, my favorite friend was a boy who lived down the street who would come to my back yard and play. We played wonderful games unlike my icky sister who demanded tea parties and dress up. One day when Robby & I were playing cowboys he began to write his name on my moms white fence with his pee. I was BLOWN AWAY!!! He told me I too could do that if I pushed my belly button out. So for weeks I went around the house trying to force my belly button out so I too could pee my name. My mom was none to happy when she found out what I was doing.

Comment by Cheri on 5/22/2008 @ 8:10 am

My mom always told me that if I swallowed my gum, a big bubble would grow in my stomach and the doctors would have to put a needle through my belly button to pop it! Needless to say, I never swallowed my gum…

Comment by Jillian on 5/22/2008 @ 9:15 am

as a child my father was bald on top of his head. growing up, everyone told me i looked EXACTLY like my father. i believed for a long time that i too would end up bald like he was.

Comment by Jodi on 5/22/2008 @ 10:19 am

When I was little, if we passed a farm with cows laying down in the field, my dad would say “It’s going to rain.” He would explain that the cows don’t like to eat wet grass so would lay on the grass to keep it dry till the rain passed. Funny how sometimes the cows would be laying down on a cloudless day.

Comment by KARYN on 5/22/2008 @ 11:28 am

I used to believe the face on the moon and I would have conversations. I used to ride w/ my dad to his second job & it would take about 45 mins each way from our house. So to pass time I would carry on conversations with the moon. I kind of miss some of those conversations with the moon. Maybe I should talk w/ him again sometime!

Comment by Michella on 5/22/2008 @ 12:24 pm

I used to watch a lot of Westerns on TV when I was a kid so I thought the ENTIRE state of Texas was inside a fort. lol

Comment by michelle rosborough on 5/22/2008 @ 2:27 pm

Happy Thursday! I believed so many things that it is hard to pinpoint just one! I had a huge Troll Doll collection. My belief is that they brought me luck and kept me safe from harm. Periodically, my older sister or brother would take one and hide it. Of course, I would notice and then I knew for sure it was my doomsday! Cindi

Comment by Cindi on 5/22/2008 @ 3:44 pm

Well my sister and I used to think that if we swallowed seeds, like from an apple, that an apple tree would start growing in our stomachs!

Comment by Carina on 5/22/2008 @ 4:18 pm

I used to believe that doughnuts were shaped like the letter “C.” One year my Grandma came to visit and I was shocked to learn that they’re actually shaped like an “O.” It turns out my parents were being thrifty and were cutting the doughnuts in half for my sister and I to share. LOL!

Comment by Marsha Jones on 5/22/2008 @ 4:36 pm

I always believed that a pregnant woman had swallowed a watermelon seed and that was why her tummy was so big (cause it sprouted and was growing)

Comment by Beth on 5/22/2008 @ 10:47 pm

Nice question. Wish we can have a whole list of it somewhere where we can just look at when Adulitis comes by to remind us not to take things so seriously!

Once, I didn’t want to take my afternoon nap, so my cousins told me that if I am not asleep by 2pm, chickens are gonna come get me! (Don’t ask me why chickens, I have no idea…)

So I rushed through my pre-nap rituals…peeing, change my pants, comb my hair…etc and climbed into bed just as the clock struck 2:00. I was terrified. To protect me, one of the cousins gave me her humongous stuffed chicken doll to hang onto. (Why chicken again? I don’t know!)

So I clung onto the chicken, terrified of other chickens, and dare not move an inch. I couldn’t let them know I was still awake! But it took me a long time to fall asleep coz I was so scared….looks like this chicken terror only got me into bed, but actually kept me awake! So much for a nap!

(By the way, I think I’m going to ask my cousins what was the whole deal with chickens….of all things…)

Comment by Dora on 5/22/2008 @ 11:19 pm

I used to believe that I was the leader of a nation.

I also used to believe that carrots would make me be able to see in the dark.

I think I also thought I could fly, if I only tried jumping off the couch hard enough.

I think I believed for years that I had a conversation with a dog once.

Comment by Shane Deal on 5/22/2008 @ 11:52 pm