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s_wrenn
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
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 Posted - 08/13/2007 : 13:20:04
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A friend of mine went to America. I knew there was time differences around the world, but i didn't quiet understand them.
So, when he got back i asked him about American time, he said: "America is two years ahead of Ireland. It's 1996 over there."
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 13:35:17
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When I was a little kid growing in America I was taught that America was the greatest country on the planet and we were the benevolent ones fighting evil empires.
I used to see these commercials of this little kid in an Irish sweater talking about conserving oil for him in the future, twenty years from now etc. Any one remember those?
I never in my life thought the message of "we are running out of oil" would affect my life the way it is today.
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s_wrenn
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1851 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 13:43:52
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The only people i've ever seen wearing those sweaters (Aran sweaters / woolly jumpers) are elderly American tourists.
The lies don't stop, do they?
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mr.biscuitdoughhead
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1729 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 14:37:38
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I still am a stupid kid.
It's 1969, okay. |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 14:49:25
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similar to the time zone thing...
there was a boy on my street who was few months older. for some reason, on one of his birthday's, let's say his 5th, i seemed to think that although he was older than me this year, next year it would be my turn to be older. hah.
i thought dressing gown was actually called a dressing down. (because you put it on and went down stairs.)
i believed in ghosts
"Idiot" is just her sig. |
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mr.biscuitdoughhead
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1729 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 15:11:26
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I thought "arcade" was like "our cade", and i used to say "no it's we're cade."
It's 1969, okay. |
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Jefrey
= Cult of Ray =
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 15:23:52
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Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke
When I was a little kid growing in America I was taught that America was the greatest country on the planet and we were the benevolent ones fighting evil empires.
I used to see these commercials of this little kid in an Irish sweater talking about conserving oil for him in the future, twenty years from now etc. Any one remember those?
I never in my life thought the message of "we are running out of oil" would affect my life the way it is today.
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http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/
Don't forget we were also taught that our athletes are clean and would never take performance enhancing drugs to set records in the Olympics. No way, it was only the communist bloc countries that were doing that...
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 15:28:18
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I used the think the Catholics would last forever.
I used to believe that if you got pricked by a sewing needle, it would go straight into your vein and immediately travel to your heart and kill you. What a weirdo.
I got some heaven in my head
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s_wrenn
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1851 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 15:31:01
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Belgium?
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 15:33:18
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I used to think if you buried little pieces of paper in the ground they would grow into trees.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 15:45:36
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Originally posted by s_wrenn
Belgium?
Are you making fun of my mom?
Back on topic, I also for about a second believed a first-grade classmate who insisted that in the US both the driver and front-seat passenger had steering wheels and could control the car's direction, which makes absolutely no sense, but he convinced a couple of the boys in the class.
I got some heaven in my head
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 15:59:26
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Originally posted by kathryn
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Originally posted by s_wrenn
Belgium?
Are you making fun of my mom?
Back on topic, I also for about a second believed a first-grade classmate who insisted that in the US both the driver and front-seat passenger had steering wheels and could control the car's direction, which makes absolutely no sense, but he convinced a couple of the boys in the class.
I got some heaven in my head
they don't? the simpsons is a lie.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 16:16:16
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i used to think my sister was a "human bean" too! because she kept telling me so.
and when we would play games like tag or neighbourhood hide and seek, i thought it was "every man from south!"
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 16:24:01
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haha i love those childhood misunderstandings.
i remember thinking a friend's dad was called roger.... we were messing around with walkie talkies. i mean, he kept saying roger when he was talking to him...
"Idiot" is just her sig. |
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Skatealex1
* Dog in the Sand *
1670 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 16:36:30
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i thought the world used to be black and white lol
The Truth Is Out There |
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 17:04:20
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Me and another lad convinced my mate that George Clooney invented the ballpoint pen. He even wrote it down as part of his school work. What we were actually meant to be learning that day I have no idea.
"The arc of triumph" |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 20:39:24
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I used to think that the war in Lebanon in the Middle East was actually in a town close by named Lebanon. It kind of freaked me out. I also beleived that if you died in your sleep you died in real life.
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
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tisasawath
= Cult of Ray =
Wallis and Futuna Islands
783 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 00:41:27
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i was around 3 and i remember driving in the car and stopping at the traffic lights, looking at the traffic signs with the arrows left, right and up. i thought up really was an option for some cars if they chose to go that way. i wondered why no one ever went that way. not us of course; our home wasn't in that direction anyway.
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Edited by - tisasawath on 08/14/2007 00:46:40 |
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IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 02:56:20
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Originally posted by tisasawath
i was around 3 and i remember driving in the car and stopping at the traffic lights, looking at the traffic signs with the arrows left, right and up. i thought up really was an option for some cars if they chose to go that way. i wondered why no one ever went that way. not us of course; our home wasn't in that direction anyway.
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I didn't understand what those signs meant, either. North and up are 2 completely different things that are symbolized by the same arrow. Confusing.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 05:05:23
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quote:
Originally posted by tisasawath
i was around 3 and i remember driving in the car and stopping at the traffic lights, looking at the traffic signs with the arrows left, right and up. i thought up really was an option for some cars if they chose to go that way. i wondered why no one ever went that way. not us of course; our home wasn't in that direction anyway.
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I think the really stupid thing here was believing you were driving at 3.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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tisasawath
= Cult of Ray =
Wallis and Futuna Islands
783 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 05:47:49
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yes, in the backseat
see Kathryn's post above for some clarification on that
a matter of literal translation really, we use verb+noun in accusative form to express "driving the car" and verb+adverb to express "being a passenger in the car"
so what's the proper way to say that?
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 06:02:41
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Originally posted by Daisy Girl
I also beleived that if you died in your sleep you died in real life.
Oy yeah, I remember that hearing that. Then I got run over by a train (in a dream of course) and woke up really scared, but not dead (well, how could I wake up dead?).
Also when I was very little and had seen Back to the Future, I remember believing I could make a time machine out of a deck chair. I can't believe that didn't work.
"The arc of triumph" |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 06:05:34
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quote:
Originally posted by tisasawath
yes, in the backseat
see Kathryn's post above for some clarification on that
a matter of literal translation really, we use verb+noun in accusative form to express "driving the car" and verb+adverb to express "being a passenger in the car"
so what's the proper way to say that?
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You were riding in the car.
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tisasawath
= Cult of Ray =
Wallis and Futuna Islands
783 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 06:25:53
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thanks, coastline
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OLDMANOTY
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
469 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 09:22:57
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| In Religious Education class when I was about ten, we were asked by teacher to draw a picture of the burning bush miracle. All the other kids crayoned faithfull images of the biblical story, but when teacher saw mine she burst out laughing. My drawing of Moses was fine but he was standing next to a double decker BUS surrounded by firefighters trying to extinguish the flames. I never did listen properly at school. |
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s_wrenn
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1851 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2007 : 11:01:39
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Originally posted by kathryn
quote:
Originally posted by s_wrenn
Belgium?
Are you making fun of my mom?
Back on topic, I also for about a second believed a first-grade classmate who insisted that in the US both the driver and front-seat passenger had steering wheels and could control the car's direction, which makes absolutely no sense, but he convinced a couple of the boys in the class.
I got some heaven in my head
Is your Belgium like Carl's Kazahkstan?
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1222 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 03:04:41
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When watching the news as a child I used to get really confused when they talked about guerrilla warfare. I thought gorillas had somehow got guns and were running around killing people.
That was quite scary.
I also thought a chest of drawers was a 'Chester' Drawers. I thought chester was some sort of wood (all our chest of drawers were made of pine, or rather, 'chester').
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 04:29:44
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I thought Shakin' Stevens and Adam Ant were the bomb. Shakey especially. There's an old piano and they're playin' hot behind the green door.
Zelda from the Terrahawks used to scare me
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 05:00:55
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I thought that was Alice Cooper.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 07:19:29
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Two memories instantly popped in my head:
Once, i was on vacation with my family (at about 3)and my aunt, uncle and cousin. My uncle was driving the station wagon, drinking a juice-box, and i yelled at him for "drinking and driving," as i believed that drinking any beverage while operating a motor vehicle was illegal.
Also, as some of you know, my last name is Salvatore (pronounced with a silent e at the end) - so once i was watching the news (probably 4 years old or so) with my mom, when she left the room for some reason. A few minutes later, i ran after her crying, asking "do we have a relative named Al? If we do, i think he's at war!" I had mistaken El Salvador for Al Salvatore.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 10:11:10
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Originally posted by s_wrenn
Is your Belgium like Carl's Kazahkstan?
Only if Carl's mom and half of Carl's family are from Kazahoweveryouspell it and if Carl spent a lot of time there while growing up.
Brian, those stories are way too cute, not stupid.
I got some heaven in my head
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 10:37:46
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When I was 5 or 6 I declared to myself that I was going to discover what testicles do, because of course no one else had wondered.
This signature moderated courtesy Cult of Frank. |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 10:41:04
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quote:
Originally posted by darwin
When I was 5 or 6 I declared to myself that I was going to discover what testicles do, because of course no one else had wondered.
This signature moderated courtesy Cult of Frank.
Around 5 or 6 is when I started hitting my testicles on the bar on my bicycle. At that age, that's pretty much their entire function.
I think your sig is missing a word, darwin.
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
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s_wrenn
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1851 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2007 : 10:46:20
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Yeah,I also thought life used to be black and white
A girl at my school thought cars were invented in the 70's (She was 17 when she made that statement BTW)
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