The article humorously explores various childhood misconceptions that adults have retained, highlighting amusing anecdotes from individuals who believed odd things as children. These moments reflect innocence and ignorance, showing how experiences shape perceptions. Entries range from mistaking medical facilities for restaurants to misinterpreting the nature of professions. Each story brings a chuckle, reminding readers that everyone has had those laughable misunderstandings, often only realizing the truth well into adulthood.
I probably figured this out in my late teens, but when I was a kid and my mom had to get a mammogram, she would bring my brother and me, and we would wait in the waiting room. The clinic was next to a Hooters, and I assumed the sign outside was for that.
Until my thirties, when people or books mentioned Vietnam vets, I thought they were people who had gone to Vietnam to care for sick animals.
In my hometown, there was an old fruit canning factory. I lived in the South, so with our accents, it was always called the 'cannin' factory. However, my young mind interpreted it as the 'cannon' factory. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized the factory canned fruit and didn't make weapons for pirate ships.
I am 35 and I just learned that if a packet of, say, instant soup is upside down and the powder is at the 'wrong' end, you can just open that end. I've always tipped it the 'right' way and tapped the powder down. I hadn't realized this was unnecessary until this week.
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