Misunderstandings as a child...

[swee'pea99]

I was walking along with my eldest when she was about 7 and asked her if she was a human being. She very sternly said, "I'm NOT a human being! I'm a little girl!"

Reminds me of when I referred to our dog as the hound, only to be indignantly corrected by my six year old daughter: "She's not a hound - she's a mutt."

 

[MichaelW2]

Young me thought that official looking letters came from "Inland Revenge"

Some enterprising crooks set up an account in the name of Finland Revenue and paid in all the cheques.

 

[Old jon]

That also explained why many people seemed to think my name was Penny-lope.

One of George Gissings' books had a lass called Pennyloaf as a bit of a star.

 

[guitarpete247]

A mate and me were massive "Man from Uncle" fans. He had a speech problem so their enemy were from Frush. He had a "Showed Roaster" for his gun. I drew a picture of a "Nancy Tank".

The youngest granddaughter told us that daddy has just bought a flat car. He has a Tipo.

 

[Chris S]

Only me who thought To Let signs were Toilets with a letter missing?

+1

 

[Threevok]

I used to think you got malaria from Spanish fly

 

[Donger]

Many years before I eventually got a degree in geography, I used to think the North pole was in Poland. On cold days my parents could never understand why I kept asking whether it was as cold as Poland.

 

[Rezillo]

I loved merrangs as a child but when I read in books about people eating merringoos, I had no idea what they were.

 

[youngoldbloke]

I could never understand how in school assembly, having chanted 'our father Whitchart, in heaven' was followed by 'Hallowed be thy name'. What was his name, Witchart or Hallowed? Or Harold?

 

[JtB]

Reading today’s jokes thread reminded me of a misunderstanding I had as a child when one day I excitedly turned on the television to watch Monty Pythons Flying Circus thinking I was going to watch a real Circus. I’ve never really thought about it until now, but maybe that disappointment as child is the reason why until this day I still can’t stand Monty Python.