- Up until I was about four years old I thought that, in the past, the entire world was in black and white (like in old movies) and that color hadn't been invented yet. To make matters worse, I thought color was invented while The Wizard of Oz was being filmed...right when Dorothy opened the door to her house when she landed in Oz. I can't believe I just admitted that.
- Before I could read, I thought the words that flashed on the screen during Wheel of Fortune that stated what category the winning answer was in ("phrase", "location", "person" etc.) was the actual answer. When I watched it with my family, I would get really angry when they wouldn't tell me what the answer was, and would repeat what category it was in, instead.
- Pretty much every kid my age who grew up in Orange County will say this, but there was a local commercial for a car dealership owned by a guy named Cal. His jingle was "Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal", but I thought the song went "Pussy cow, pussy cow, pussy cow". Seriously, ask anyone from Orange County and they'll say they thought the same thing.
- I thought the old Nabisco jingle was actually sung as "Nothing's cool!", instead of "Na bis co!".
Okay, now you tell me yours.
Also, here's a picture of Elvis on a leash (he hated it), for no reason:
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why would you try to put a cat on a leash!!!
I think there's even a band called "Pussy Cow."
I always wondered if he actually had a dog named spot.
Molly - It's normal, I swear! I have a friend who's cat struts around the neighborhood on a leash...it's adorable!
Ben - "It's Cal Worthington, and his dog, Spot!" haha. Wasn't it always a different animal, too? I think I remember a lion.
Sure is!
Well, this isn't a kid thing, in fact I was just admitting earlier tonight that for the longest time (well into my young adulthood) I thought there was a band named Haulin' Oats. I mean, it makes sense, right?
HAHAHA!!! What's wrong with your cat?!? He looks angry...
Yeah, I think the fact that it was always a lion added to the confusion... I mean, I didn't even know what a lion was until I was 15! I just thought they were called pussy-cows! JK
But for real, "oil whale"? We all believed that one. Oh and you used to confuse Snoopy with the smurfs! Sorry sister!
Micah - Sure is!
Rachel - That is So. Fucking. Funny. I read it right when I got into work and it made me crack up. Thanks. If it makes you feel any better, I didn't know what "PYT" (from the Michael Jackson song) meant until just a few months ago, even though the song goes "PYT, pretty young thing" over and over. It just didn't click in my stoopid brainz.
Lee - I don't remember "oil whale"...but yeah, Snoopy and The Smurfs always confused me.
I used to think it was "Pussy Cow" and I'm from LA County.
we all thought it was 'Pussy Cow'. It was even an animated show pilot. I didn't know it was actually, "Go See Cal" till I saw it on a license plate frame when I was a teen. Ahhhhh, I thought...
No, come on?!? We all thought (me, you and brother, so all of us) that the jurrasic-looking things on La Cienega that our parents were calling "oil wells" were actually oil-WHALES... remember?
I can remember when you asked me, "Was the world always black and white before color?" I could never think of the best answer to that question.
Pussy cow just totally cracked me up, and I don't even know the jingle. Because I'm so so bad with lyrics.
I'm still wondering what the real lyrics to Silent Night are if not "Round young virgin," which someone pointed out was wrong in my comments. Hm.
Hello, I have been lurking for awhile now. I found your blog through Megan's.
When I was young, I thought dreadlocks grew like that out of peoples' heads.
I also said candelabra as candle bra.
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