Stupid Stuff You Believed When You Were Younger...

[Butterscotch]

I used to think that Soap Operas were called Soap Boppers

[Pickle]

Speaking about that, I use to think they were called Soap Operas because they were soapy.

[TBustah!]

Contrary to popular belief (which is that they were called that because housewives would watch them while they did dishes and other chores) soap operas are called soap operas because the first ones were sponsored by soap companies.

[1angelette]

For a while, I thought that Soapboxes were somehow.... covered in soapy powder. I still don't actually know why they're called that.

[Ksirb]

Dude I remembered a good one today... when I was little, I used to think that when you turned at a light and stuff, that the your turn signal, went off automstically... lol

[Deniz :]]]]

When i was little my brother told me the tv would eat me >.> and i actaully belived him so I use to cry whenever someone turned the tv on x.x

[Pickle]

*thinks* I use to believe that as long as your eyes were closed, nothing would come and get you: Monsters wanna scare you with your eyes open.

[TBustah!]

1angelette said:

For a while, I thought that Soapboxes were somehow.... covered in soapy powder. I still don't actually know why they're called that.

Soap, like most consumer goods, used to be shipped in wooden crates, before cardboard was invented.

Soap box derbies are referred to as such because the cars used to be made out of actual soap boxes.

ditzyfarmer said:

Dude I remembered a good one today... when I was little, I used to think that when you turned at a light and stuff, that the your turn signal, went off automstically... lol

Actually, most modern vehicles have self-canceling turn signals.

My mom's Tahoe does, and I think my dad's Cadillac does too.

[Butterscotch]

I thought that being allergic to bees meant you sneezed when a bee was near

[TBustah!]

Ug, that reminds me of the creepy and sad book my fourth grade teacher read to the class for some reason. It was about these two kids, and one died from a bee sting, and the other kid's baby sister drew a picture of the ambulance taking him away.

*shudder* I still don't know why he didn't just read us a Roald Dahl book like all the other 4th grade teachers were.

[Pickle]

I use to believe that the teenage mutuant ninja turtles were actually some turtle guys who acted for hollywood.

[Kikyou Saya Rin-Ren]

*thinks*When I was really young, I thought that when fish died, flushing them down the toilet would make them become alive again, then they'd swim around and stuff...

[popkat]

When I was young, I thought bats live under my bed. IT WAS TRUE!!!

[Kikyou Saya Rin-Ren]

I thought baking soda was pop (like Pepsi, Coke, etc) that you put into cookies and stuff. Once my mom and I were making cookies, and she said we needed baking soda, and I said that it would be gross to put Pepsi in the cookies. XD Then she explained it and showed me the baking soda ("See? And it doesn't taste like anything.").

[popkat]

I thought opaque was a disease.