When I heard the word 'prostitute' on the news, I didn't know what one was so I thought it was something like a politician.
I'm another one who was puzzled by the term 'Guerilla warfare' when I heard it mentioned on the news.
I thought it was people fighting in the jungle. Because I interpreted it as fighting like how gorillas would.
Is that a typo for Psycho? Interesting factlet either way. I can see how the colour brown could look similar to red in black and white.
That made me think of a Christmas carol one of my own. At one time I thought it was "Good Wences last looked out on the feast of Stephen" rather than "Good King Wenceslas looked out".
I thought it was "Good King Wence lass last looked out on the feast of Stephen".
Before I started school my older sister (who had just started school) told me that anyone who was naughty had to stand under the clock. I was terribly confused - I had only really seen clocks on fireplaces before and tried to imagine balancing on the small ledge (mantle piece) somehow.
Good king wenselscelas looked out, upon the feet of Stephen.
Monegreens are great.
Young girl with eyes like potatoes, la isla bonita, Madonna.
Bring me an iron lung, higher love, stevie Winwood.
I thought these were genuine lyrics!
My son used to sing:
Treat me right, treat me good, treat me like you know you should
Cause I don't have a wood grandpa.
Whenever the Shipping Forecast was on the radio and it came to 'German Bight', I thought it was German 'Bite' and that it meant that a German fishing fleet had had a good catch.
When my Dad used to come in to say goodnight he used to 'tuck us in' by pulling the blankets really tight. He used to say - I'll tuck you in like when I was in the army (national service). I suppose he meant making the beds up really tight and perfect.
For years I imagined the sergeant used to tuck all the privates up in bed for the night.
Whenever I tried to skive a day off of school (often!), Mum would threaten me that she'd have the 'School Ball Man' after her.
This terrified me. I imagined a man like a monster, with a ball for a head, specially sent out to scare parents into making sure their kids went to school. I didn't want poor Mum to suffer that, so always gave in and went.
It was many years before I realised that it was the School 'Board' Man!
Whenever I tried to skive a day off of school (often!), Mum would threaten me that she'd have the 'School Ball Man' after her.
This terrified me. I imagined a man like a monster, with a ball for a head, specially sent out to scare parents into making sure their kids went to school.
It was many years before I realised that it was the School 'Board' Man!
My mum always went on about the 'School Board' - I found it very confusing - never knew what to make of it - she said he used to cycle round on a bike, I imagined him carrying a big board with lots of names on it.
My mum always went on about the 'School Board' - I found it very confusing - never knew what to make of it - she said he used to cycle round on a bike, I imagined him carrying a big board with lots of names on it.
The things they threatened us with!
Thinking about it now, it was either my Mum's Cockney accent that I misheard - or that she didn't know what it meant either.
My family are all Irish Roman Catholics, from Derry. My Dad is an English Protestant, and I was also christened (though not religious at all). It was a big deal for my Irish cousins when we went to visit, so being an impressionable nipper, I thought it was too.
Only, I wasn't so clear on the word Protestant. When my primary school teacher asked us to say something about ourselves, I announced I was a prostitute, like my daddy.
When I was very young, a little girl's 'bits' would be referred to as a tuppence or tuppy. One day, my aunty said she was going to have a Tupperware party. My cousin and I hadn't a clue what this was and seriously thought she was going to host a party where small girls would parade naked. We were so upset about it, we burst into tears.
I just love these kind of things, they always make me laugh!
I can't remember any myself, but my Mother has loads that she has believed and not just in childhood!!!
She has out and out arguments that she is right, like she thought mango chutney was chuckney!
David Bowie's song was ground control to major TONK!! Not Tom, Tonk, she really argued that point with me and this was the days before google!
In cats she thought magical mr mistoffelees was magical mystery stories.
In greys anatomy there's this thing where one of the Dr's likes ferry boats, they are featured quite a lot through the whole of the series and there was even a ferry boat huge accident and he wears a cap with ferry boats on it.
Last year she asked me what fairy boats were, I asked her what she meant by fairy boats and she said they always talk about fairy boats, over ten years of a show and she never got that they were talking about ferries!! ^_^
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Could be a cop who looks like Captain Kirk
Showing your age there! I did have a crush on his partner though! Can't remember her name!
He was no rugby player, not with his 'bad back' ;-).
I'm another one who was puzzled by the term 'Guerilla warfare' when I heard it mentioned on the news.
I thought it was people fighting in the jungle. Because I interpreted it as fighting like how gorillas would.
I thought it was "Good King Wence lass last looked out on the feast of Stephen".
I thought it meant something like nuisance or pest.
My sister-in-law overheard me and asked me if I knew what queer meant.
'Of course I do' I replied!
My son used to sing:
Treat me right, treat me good, treat me like you know you should
Cause I don't have a wood grandpa.
I always wondered why it mattered to the weather!
For years I imagined the sergeant used to tuck all the privates up in bed for the night.
Whenever I tried to skive a day off of school (often!), Mum would threaten me that she'd have the 'School Ball Man' after her.
This terrified me. I imagined a man like a monster, with a ball for a head, specially sent out to scare parents into making sure their kids went to school. I didn't want poor Mum to suffer that, so always gave in and went.
It was many years before I realised that it was the School 'Board' Man!
My mum always went on about the 'School Board' - I found it very confusing - never knew what to make of it - she said he used to cycle round on a bike, I imagined him carrying a big board with lots of names on it.
The things they threatened us with!
Thinking about it now, it was either my Mum's Cockney accent that I misheard - or that she didn't know what it meant either.
Only, I wasn't so clear on the word Protestant. When my primary school teacher asked us to say something about ourselves, I announced I was a prostitute, like my daddy.
I thought police dogs were called 'Allerstations' because they lived at the police station.
I also thought touching a dandelion would make me wet the bed.
My daughters little friend always said her Grandad lived in Devon. I found out much later that he was actually dead and in 'Heaven'.
I can't remember any myself, but my Mother has loads that she has believed and not just in childhood!!!
She has out and out arguments that she is right, like she thought mango chutney was chuckney!
David Bowie's song was ground control to major TONK!! Not Tom, Tonk, she really argued that point with me and this was the days before google!
In cats she thought magical mr mistoffelees was magical mystery stories.
In greys anatomy there's this thing where one of the Dr's likes ferry boats, they are featured quite a lot through the whole of the series and there was even a ferry boat huge accident and he wears a cap with ferry boats on it.
Last year she asked me what fairy boats were, I asked her what she meant by fairy boats and she said they always talk about fairy boats, over ten years of a show and she never got that they were talking about ferries!! ^_^
My mum told me that the ice cream can was only for children whose parents couldn't afford their own ice cream.
My brother used to think that all black men were called Frank Bruno, and I used to think a "black cab driver" meant the driver was black, not the cab.
LOL!
My son thought Hitlers first name was Heil!