Every adult person can remember at least a handful of times when they realized they had been utterly wrong about something that most others consider common knowledge. There’s no shame in it – no one knows everything, and making mistakes is, of course, how we learn.
That said, it can be super embarrassing. The shame didn’t stop these 11 people from replying this Twitter thread with some doozies, though!
11. It was then her dad realized they should have had a chat first.
Disappointing your kiddos sucks!
When I was little I was SO excited when my dad asked if I wanted to go and see Rainbow live. I was gutted when some hairy blokes with guitars appeared on stage with no sign of George or Zippy anywhere.
— Phil Tate (@MangyHare) May 13, 2020
10. This thought has set many people up to be disappointed.
Some kids, some not.
When my dad told me there was a tunnel under the English Channel and you can take a train, I expected it to be see-through with lost of visible fishes…. that lasted well into my late teens…..
— Ags (@AgsLondon) May 13, 2020
9. Honestly I’m surprised they ever stopped.
That kind of thing can last a lifetime with the right sibling in charge.
I used to call Paul Simons Call me Al the Cat song when I was young. I thought the lyrics were “call miaow”. My family used to mock me with this at gatherings for years.
— Chris Dailly (@ChrisDailly) May 14, 2020
8. Bless this little readers heart.
Because you only see the word you don’t know how to say it.
I used to think Henry VIII was pronounced Henry Vill 🙈
— Matt Paulinson (@MattPaulinson) May 13, 2020
7. I mean. He wasn’t too far off.
This is pretty cute, though.
My little brother thought that when they referred to a ‘non-mover’ in the chart show it meant no one danced to it.
— Duncan Smith (@Busquets99) May 13, 2020
6. This is funny but also sweet.
And oh-so innocent.
My mum and my uncle told me McDonalds sold a special “Robert Burger” because I didn’t want anything on the menu when I was about 5. I ate only these until I was about 12 when I went in with friends and realised it doesn’t exist. It was a cheeseburger all along 🙂
— Bob Davies (@bobbigmac) May 27, 2020
5. Kid’s brains are just delicious, aren’t they?
I can never wait to hear what my 3yo is going to say next.
Remember the Milk Tray Man? When the voiceover goes “And all because the lady loves Milk Tray”? For some reason my 5 year-old brain heard “A norby card…” I thought the card he left on the box of chocolates was known as a “norby” card…
— Ian Davies 🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@maddog_uk_69) May 13, 2020
4. So boys don’t have things to wash their bodies?
That actually explains a lot.
Grew up with 2 sisters and when I asked why they had these shower things my mum said curtly “theyre just things girls have!” I took that to mean a certain thing for years until my wife laughed at me referring to her ‘fanny scrubber’ pic.twitter.com/XynF2T6y5Z
— Joe H (@joewjh) May 13, 2020
3. I think that was the premise of Pleasantville actually.
That should be a horror movie, honestly.
I used to think colour was invented at the same time as colour TVs and that everything was black and white before it
— Gordon Jackson (@nobodys_biz) May 13, 2020
2. People from Missouri have accents?
Maybe, because I know exactly what he’s saying.
This is probably a Missouri accent thing, but when I was a kid I thought that the swings on the creaky metal swing set at my grandparents’ house went “crooked” because there were “crickets” squeaking at the top of the chains. To be fair, I was an idiot.
— Antifascist Bob Blaskiewicz (@rjblaskiewicz) May 13, 2020
1. I used to think this, too!
Though there have been plenty of divas pre-Madonna, she does it quite well.
Thought the phrase prima donna was pre-Madonna. As if she was such a pioneer and megastar that she redefined what it meant to be a demanding idol with super-diva personality
— David Inglis (@dinglis100) May 13, 2020
I’m not sure I’d be willing to admit some of these!
Would you fess up to something like this? If so, our comments are open!
