Funny things you thought growing up -

by cognac 31 Replies latest jw friends

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  AWAKE&WATCHING

  I was born in Virginia and moved to Ohio in second grade. I had a southern accent and so did everyone else that I was used to being around.

  I thought flyswatter was flasswater. I didn't realize the word fly was in that word. I thought of it as any other word like chair or whatever.

  It hit me like a bolt of lightening one day and from then on out I tried to lose my accent and speak like the people around me.

  BTW - I love southern accents and pick it right back up when I hear one even if I am only talking to my cousin on the phone.

  Sho' 'nuff do.
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  Mrs. Witness

  I don't remember any from my childhood...I'll have to think on that. But my daughter recently told me that she used to think that if a song was too long that the CD would blow up. Another person I knew thought that the bank kept the money you deposited in a box for you.

  I do remember one...I used to think that when a song played on the radio that the band was actually at the station.
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  changeling

  I wished I was adopted and that my parents would claim me. Kind of like Annie in reverse.

  changeling (I just made that one up)
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  Abandoned

  My family has always told jokes around the kitchen table. One day, when I was four, I wanted to be a part and tell a joke too. So, sitting on my dad's lap, I told everyone to be quiet so I could tell my joke. Silence fell over the normally boisterous table as my family waited to hear my brilliant offering. Milking the moment for all I could, I stood up on dad's chair and looked around at my brothers, sisters, and mom. The thrill of having their complete attention energized me. I held my little, white sippy cup in the air and I called out, "Take a cup and cup it up." My family burst out laughing but I didn't find out until later that my joke wasn't funny and that they laughed simply because it came from the baby.
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  GentlyFeral

  cognac,

  5. I used to talk to satan at night and beg him to say sorry to Jehovah so that they could be friends again and this whole argument could be over with.

  Awww. Now that's just cute.

  You're a universalist now, right?

  gently feral
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  DanTheMan

  When you went on a honeymoon you actually went to the moon.

  rofl! That's hilarious!

  We used to go to Columbus Clippers (AAA baseball) games two or three times a year, and you know how they do that 'duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-dumm...CHARGE!' at baseball games, well I thought everybody was saying "CHURCH!!!"

  Abandoned, that's a great story..."take a cup and cup it up!" LOL!
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  ohiocowboy

  In the Star Spangled Banner, when it said "By the dawns early light", I thought that it said "By the Donserly light", and thought that a Donserly light was a special type of lamp or flashlight.
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  changeling

  "Oh Jose can you see..."
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  Crumpet

  I was determined to have blonde children. I'm not blonde. I thought that if I dyed my pubic hair blonde the children would be.

  Worst of all - I was still under this delusion until I was 18 or 19. I apologise to anyone who thought I was remotely bright up to this point for misleading you.
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  jaguarbass

  I used to thin if I ate a 3 muskateers bar, or a Mars bar, that I would die at Armeggedon.

  I survived the big A in 75.