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MisterToodleoo Since: Jul, 2018 Relationship Status: Waiting for you *wink*
#2951: Apr 5th 2021 at 11:22:59 AM

[up] That reminds me: after my peanut allergy was discovered at the age of 4 (luckily, my body let me off easy that time, and I’ve never had to use my Epipens), my mom must have been saying something to me about me needing to tell people about the allergy when necessary. However, I thought she meant that she had known about the allergy before (as in when I was 2 years old), and that she was telling me that I should have reminded her.

Edited by MisterToodleoo on Apr 5th 2021 at 12:23:12 PM

BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#2952: Apr 5th 2021 at 12:43:14 PM

I thought Lactose Intolerance was curable.

I was a dumb child.

For the record, it's not and anyone who tells you otherwise is either a liar, an idiot, or extremely misinformed.

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Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#2953: Apr 5th 2021 at 2:45:24 PM

I thought sleeping with someone was more like having a relationship with someone. Granted, I have been wronger, and I was pretty young at the time.

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
antenna_ears from California Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
#2954: Apr 5th 2021 at 8:23:49 PM

I thought Skunk Fu! was a sequel/spin-off to Kung Fu Panda and that the Panda master guy was an older Po.

Edited by antenna_ears on Apr 5th 2021 at 8:23:56 AM

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#2955: Apr 15th 2021 at 8:42:54 AM

A combination of this and the "Personal One-Mario Limit" thread. For a long time when I was a kid, whenever I heard the word "aurora" (without the additional names "borealis" and "australis"), I would automatically think of the leading lady from Sleeping Beauty, and hearing the word "aerial" made me think of the eponymous Little Mermaid thanks to how it's pronounced. ^_^;;

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#2956: May 16th 2021 at 4:33:55 AM

I used to think that internet things are not affected by copyright.

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
kablammin45 art lizer from Cleese's Battle Circuit (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
art lizer
#2957: May 18th 2021 at 7:38:49 PM

There was a sampler program on one of the Math Blaster games I had when I was a kid that was hosted by a weird professor/mad scientist-looking guy. Because of his red hair and glasses, I was convinced that he was the adult version of Chuckie.

And another thing: he scared the ever-living daylights out of me. His voice, how he was constantly stopping to chuckle or giggle for no adequately explained reason, and even pressed his face against the screen meant that whenever I loaded up the sampler program I would mash the everliving daylights out of the space-bar in order to skip the intro with him.

"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."
jacksonk987 The one and only AstralCat from [REDACTED] Since: Jan, 2020
The one and only AstralCat
#2958: May 20th 2021 at 4:49:35 PM

I'm not sure how many times I've seen a hearse and mistaken it for a limousine...

Thousand Dreamers, Watashi wa Saikyo, and Believe slap so hard.
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#2959: May 21st 2021 at 9:49:14 AM

I used to think that a supercomputer was a regular computer... with a bunch of science fiction-style toys (like lava lamps and plasma globes) attached to and surrounding it, so it would look like a Weird Science-style Rube Goldberg Device.

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#2960: May 25th 2021 at 5:19:33 AM

I used to think that all Traffic Lights were controlled by one guy in some sort of central control room.

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Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#2961: May 27th 2021 at 4:00:17 PM

There's an episode of Alphablocks where A is allergic to cats. I freaked out, because I love cats and my name has two A's in it. I thought that having A's in my name meant I was gonna become allergic to cats.

For every low there is a high.
MisterToodleoo Since: Jul, 2018 Relationship Status: Waiting for you *wink*
#2962: Jun 2nd 2021 at 2:49:06 PM

There’s a car wash near my house. On one side of the building, it says “CAR & TRUCK WASH”, but I can recall reading it as “CAR MIDDLE PAIN WASH” when I was very young.

BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Bootlebat Since: Dec, 2012
#2964: Jun 25th 2021 at 6:50:13 PM

I thought when people said "don't drink and drive" they meant you couldn't drink anything while driving. (being a little kid, I never questioned why this would be the case.) One day my dad started drinking a Coke while driving and I was like "Hey!, don't drink and drive!'. He then laughed and explained what the phrase really meant.

Bootlebat Since: Dec, 2012
#2965: Jun 25th 2021 at 6:52:23 PM

Also, I thought drugstores sold illegal drugs and didn't get how they got away with it if it said what they were doing right on the sign.

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#2967: Jun 25th 2021 at 6:57:33 PM

I mean, you probably shouldn't drink non-alcoholic beverages and drive for the same reason you shouldn't text and drive.

Also I too believed the second one and the Onnett stage in Smash baffles me for that reason.

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MisterToodleoo Since: Jul, 2018 Relationship Status: Waiting for you *wink*
#2968: Jun 26th 2021 at 5:43:11 PM

[up][up][up][up] I have a very similar story.

I first noticed the phrase “don’t drink and drive” on a paper bag in my school when I was in kindergarten. One day, when I went with my parents to a nearby city, I suddenly said about my dad, “He’s drinking and driving!” My mom then said, “It’s okay to drink a pop and drive,” and told me about alcoholic beverages.

Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#2969: Jun 29th 2021 at 11:53:16 PM

The "car middle pain wash" one reminds me of a story my mother told me.

When she and her brother (so, naturally, my uncle) were kids, he hadn't learnt to read yet, but he apparently assumed that a big sign across the street had his name on it. Actually, his name is Lubin and the sign said, "Hydra"— not even close!

For every low there is a high.
nickeljorn from EAGLELAND Since: Mar, 2019
#2970: Jun 30th 2021 at 5:55:26 AM

[up][up][up] I think in the original Earth Bound they actually had the English release change it to "Shop" in some places but not others.

MisterToodleoo Since: Jul, 2018 Relationship Status: Waiting for you *wink*
#2971: Jun 30th 2021 at 12:24:07 PM

I started watching the obscure and underrated Christian cartoon Little Dogs on the Prairie when I was three years old. When one character mistakingly thought that someone else was carrying a grudge, I thought they were talking about carrying a garage! I imagined those two characters each carrying my grandparents’ garage (which is in their backyard and not attached to the house) over their backs!

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
nickeljorn from EAGLELAND Since: Mar, 2019
#2973: Jul 3rd 2021 at 6:03:54 PM

Since July 4th is tomorrow, I'll share a misconception related to America's history. When my mom told me the US bought Alaska from Russia, I thought Alaska was physically part of Russia and it was somehow moved next to Canada/closer to the 48 mainland states.

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
International Man of Mystery
#2974: Jul 7th 2021 at 2:56:42 AM

As a child I was confused whenever something was described as "first class" or first-grade", becasue I thought that it would be like in school, that anything first-grade would be less refined than something second-grade.

jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#2975: Jul 7th 2021 at 7:47:39 AM

I used to think the Revolutionary War took place after the Civil War, mainly because I knew literally nothing about the wars except that they were fought a long time ago.

Edited by jandn2014 on Jul 7th 2021 at 10:58:18 AM


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