Thread: Strange ideas you had as a small child.

I thought E.T was the best movie ever made and always would be. Later I realised what a stupid piece of plotless, sentimental, crappy, piece of rubbish it was.

I watched too many Nightmare on Elm street movies

Often thought he might visit me in my sleep, turned out he did in a couple of nightmares I had, never killed me though - pussy

Originally Posted by NickA

Originally Posted by Attilla the Hen

Yes, we had to recite the Lord's Prayer every morning at Assembly. I always thought that Hello was a funny name for God to choose as in "Hello be thy name".

There was some hymn or song that went "...and I am the lord of the dance, said he" and I always wondered what a "dance settee" was

Coincidently, I thought the words were "I am the lord of the damp settee".

I thought the Robinson's in "Lost In Space" were a real family and somehow thought if they ever made it back down to Earth they would land on Gilligan's Island.

Oh and I used to lay in bed at night and think about doing exactly what I am doing at this moment of my life (from a very young age).

Had a disturbing crush on Frank Zappa...

I've never admitted this one before, but time to come clean!
18 years old, my first offshore (floating ) drilling rig situated in the middle of the North Sea, stood on the deck and being no dummy immediately noticed the horizon was going up and down!!!
Remember standing there thinking why the hell nobody had told me this happened - had absolutely no idea that it was the Vessel that was moving,
Think it took me about 2 years to finally figure things out, but then - I've always been kinda smart!

I think I wanted to be a astronaut or a cowboy.

Something like that. A rock star, a race car driver.

Sumthin' like that.

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

Had a disturbing crush on Frank Zappa...

Might as well be on the legend himself! All time favourite . . .

I used to think that if you stared in the mirror long enough the devil would appear,some years later he did.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Oh and I used to lay in bed at night and think about doing exactly what I am doing at this moment of my life (from a very young age).

You dreamt about posting on Teakdoor?

Originally Posted by Airportwo

I've never admitted this one before, but time to come clean!
18 years old, my first offshore (floating ) drilling rig situated in the middle of the North Sea, stood on the deck and being no dummy immediately noticed the horizon was going up and down!!!
Remember standing there thinking why the hell nobody had told me this happened - had absolutely no idea that it was the Vessel that was moving,
Think it took me about 2 years to finally figure things out, but then - I've always been kinda smart!

Wouldn't worry about that. When I was living in HK as a kid, my Nan (Dad's Mum) & her hubby came out to visit. My parents took them to the Furama Hotel's revolving restaurant. Over the course of the evening, my Dad managed to convince my Nan that the restaurant was staying still & the skyline revolving

Originally Posted by Milkman

I think I wanted to be a astronaut or a cowboy.

Something like that. A rock star, a race car driver.

Sumthin' like that.

reminds me,……………if you were to ask my younger sister what she wanted to be when she grew up,…….she would have said, a fire truck.

^ brilliant!

As a small child, I liked Asians. Really.

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

As a small child, I liked Asians. Really.

I was born in Asia . . . kinda also went with the territory, not a lot of whiteys around to keep em company.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

As a small child, I liked Asians. Really.

I was born in Asia . . . kinda also went with the territory, not a lot of whiteys around to keep em company.

As was I. It becomes what you know. Exposure from youth is everything.

Santa Clauss was real

Ho Chi Minh was my hero

^ read the book
he was an admirable fellow

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

^ read the book
he was an admirable fellow

I know. His amazing story is lost in twisted and manipulated propaganda.

I thought brussel sprouts were solidified farts.
They tasted the same as farts smelled.

Originally Posted by TizMe

I thought that if I closed my eyes and concentrated hard enough that I'd be able to levitate. Even had myself convinced that it was working.

I do it until today, like those dreams a lot.


But the strangest notion I had was the believe in god. I was already 20 years old when I finally was able to shake that off.

Used to lie in bed reading tales of adventure ( all in Boys Own Magazine ), far off places, brave redcoats beating off foreign dusky soldiers, exploring up the Amazon or down the Nile, Fuzzy Wuzzy attacks in Sudan , Ju Ju men in central Africa, Opium wars, the mysteries of the East , headhunters in Borneo etc etc etc .

Never thought I would go to all these places !

Only got one GCE at school - Geography - just as well - never got lost !