When I was a kid I thought...

Ninjabunny · December 22nd, 2008, 04:31 PM

This topic always makes me laugh

When I was a kid I thought...

1. the world used to be in black and white.
2. if I prayed hard enough, I could turn into a hedgehog (like Sonic).

Alex · December 23rd, 2008, 12:40 AM

When I was a kid (I was 3 or so), I thought:

- I could stay up later if I wished my parents "Good Morning" when I was out of my room past my bedtime. That was guaranteed to convince them, right?

zartan · December 23rd, 2008, 12:41 AM

dogs noses and black olive quite possibly could have been the same things.
hmmmm...

kkim · December 23rd, 2008, 12:45 AM

When I was a kid I thought... why do we need to go to work for money and why couldn't we just do our jobs and not get paid. I guess back then (5) I was a communist/socialist at heart.

Alex · December 23rd, 2008, 12:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kkim

why do we need to go to work for money and why couldn't we just do our jobs and not get paid.

You were close, just had it backwards, is all. What we need to be looking for is a way to not do our jobs and still get paid. Still working in it...

kkim · December 23rd, 2008, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

You were close, just had it backwards, is all. What we need to be looking for is a way to not do our jobs and still get paid. Still working in it...

yeah, it's all fun and games until you get caught not working!

kkim · December 23rd, 2008, 01:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zartan

dogs noses and black olive quite possibly could have been the same things.
hmmmm...

rofl, that paints a mental picture that is just hilarious!!

NJD022588 · December 23rd, 2008, 01:25 AM

I thought "Hey Jude" by the Beatles was actually "Hey Dude"

Syphen · December 23rd, 2008, 11:38 AM

I thought mustaches were hereditary... My dad had one and I thought I would have one too... I hated mustaches.

I didn't know about shaving I guess.

Ninjabunny · December 23rd, 2008, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syphen

I thought mustaches were hereditary... My dad had one and I thought I would have one too... I hated mustaches.

I didn't know about shaving I guess.

ROFL! As if mustaches were some kind of cancer.

Sailariel · December 23rd, 2008, 01:35 PM

When I was 5, we lived under Communism, and I believed that there was a better place---There is. Right here in the Great USA!!! I was never disappointed.

BlueTyke · December 25th, 2008, 06:40 PM

Good girls controled rainbows and rode around on pretty horses?

I was devastated when this turned out not to be true...

Sound Wave · January 11th, 2009, 06:34 PM

i thought that you could just write a bank check for whatever amount you wanted.

kkim · January 11th, 2009, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sound Wave

i thought that you could just write a bank check for whatever amount you wanted.

Actually, you can!! ...but they'll track you down eventually.

BlueTyke · January 11th, 2009, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kkim

Actually, you can!! ...but they'll track you down eventually.

Yeah aint that the truth...

Alex · May 9th, 2009, 12:17 AM

I liked this thread, and have a hunch it has some more life in it...

Sound Wave · May 9th, 2009, 12:31 AM

oh. ok. not sure this really counts, but when i was a small kid, my mom used to take me in the women's bathroom at the malls and stuff.

one day a lady didn't lock her stall and i opened the door. i saw her pulling a bloody tampon out and i thought it was a hot dog. i told all my friends at school about it and no one believed me that a woman would stick a hot dog up there. i swore up and down that i saw it with my own eyes. it wasn't until i got older that i realized what had really happened. hehe.

then again... maybe it really was a hot dog.

CZroe · May 9th, 2009, 02:40 AM

I swore that my Nintendo was in color on my B&W TV.

Realirony · May 9th, 2009, 07:18 AM

when I was a kid I thought that:
1.) when my dad talked about being a kid, I pictured him with his 35 year old head on a little kid's body (i didnt realize that he had aged to look like that, I thought growing up was just getting taller)
2.) if I accidently kissed a girl that she would have a baby (scared me to death)
3.) my grandmother had always been old
4.) going to school was dumb and a way for my parents to make me not be at home (aka baby sitter)

ajaygraci · May 9th, 2009, 07:27 AM

hahahaha good thread alex.

when i was a kid i thought 15 years old was the perfect age because you could do whatever you wanted, werent old, were strongest youll be in your lifetime, could ride all the rollarcoasters and could run fast during ding dong ditch... rofl... if only i still was so simple minded... =(

CC Cowboy · May 9th, 2009, 10:24 AM

When I was a kid it seems like summer lasted forever. Now that I'm a older kid I live in Florida where summer lasts forever.

ninjabrewer · May 9th, 2009, 12:08 PM

I didn't know how radio stations worked. I knew about bands and music groups, so I thought that when a song was played on the radio, the band was right there, playing. Always wondered how they fit all those groups in that little building. Later I found out that was only the transmitter building.

nb

watcanido · May 9th, 2009, 12:23 PM

When I was a kid I thought I was rich when I got $20 for Christmas.

Strider · May 10th, 2009, 01:59 PM

When I was a kid (about 9 or 10) I thought that 25 cents a gallon for gas was way too much ... but I really loved to ride my mini-bike, so i cut grass for $1.00 a yard
Then later that year it jumped to 75 cents and i damn near started crying ... 1977 I believe it was

OldGuy · May 10th, 2009, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueTyke

Good girls controled rainbows and rode around on pretty horses?

I was devastated when this turned out not to be true...

I don't know about that Sunny - you provide some beautiful rainbows with your pictures and you ride a pretty blue horse

CZroe · May 11th, 2009, 02:44 PM

All my school books in Kindergarten/First Grade talked about how great "America" was and didn't tell me that I LIVED in America, so when I was 4 & 5 I always thought "Wow. I wish *I* lived in America, where I could be free and see these giant Sequoia trees and stuff."

athimmel · May 11th, 2009, 02:48 PM

I thought that Hondas ruled and Kawasakis sucked and I would never own a "crotch rocket" Ninja.

Good thing I grew up!

zartan · May 11th, 2009, 07:51 PM

Quote:

could ride all the rollarcoasters and could run fast during ding dong ditch.

dude my neighbors hate me

komohana · May 12th, 2009, 06:45 PM

when i was kid, 11 years old, i joined this local group of kids who would do fund raisers, plan events, and spend time with other kids, younger and older, who had muscular dystrophy. i joined because some family friends...they're like family, their kids, my friends, organized the whole thing. Youth Against Dystrophy. the year or so long experiences ended with a camp on the big island in which i was assigned a patient, a hawaiian boy, younger, but much larger than i, bound to a wheel chair...and i did everything w/him...fed, bathed, played, swam, laughed and cried...for 2 weeks. i never knew anyone with dystrophy till then.

when i was a kid i had no idea that my younger brother would be diagnosed with having muscular dystrophy in 2003. no one on either side of our family tree had been stricken, and it came out of nowhere.

when i was a kid, life prepared me to care for my brother when the time comes.

zartan · May 12th, 2009, 09:48 PM

That is truly a cool story. Sorry bout your bro.

zartan · May 12th, 2009, 09:53 PM

when I was a kid of 11. and 11 was different then than now.

I volunteered in a rest home for one day (one)

When I was that kid helping out and filling water pitchers in the rooms for the patients. I was the kid who thought the elongated skinney pitcher was for the patients to be able to drink easier without sitting up so much..
In one room Mr? was reaching out to me with his pitcher and asking for help.... I helped..

Later heard Nurse saying to another." some jackass filled up MR.?'s urnial with ice water....

Never went back

Lurkable · May 22nd, 2009, 01:11 AM

When I was really young, I went for a walk in the forest with my dad and my older brother. I must have been distracted by something, and when I looked up they were further up the trail, standing on a cliff 30 ft. above me. I was surprised that they were so far ahead of me and I screamed up at my father "How did you guys get up there?!"

He told me that they flew up there. I believed him and started crying because they could fly and I could not.

miks · May 22nd, 2009, 01:21 AM

When I was like younger, I used to sit there and tense my whole body while screaming hoping I would turn Super Sayian (Dragon Ball Z)

Stella · May 22nd, 2009, 04:03 AM

i thought...that it's a big deal to forgive someone that hurt u.

sometimesido · May 22nd, 2009, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miks

When I was like younger, I used to sit there and tense my whole body while screaming hoping I would turn Super Sayian (Dragon Ball Z)

this made me laugh so hard. I did this too.

miks · May 22nd, 2009, 08:32 PM

Great minds think alike Chris

demp · May 26th, 2009, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miks

When I was like younger, I used to sit there and tense my whole body while screaming hoping I would turn Super Sayian (Dragon Ball Z)

lmao, this one just made me burst out laughing at work

ninjammin · May 26th, 2009, 05:22 PM

When I was kid, I used to wonder if everyone else around me was an alien/robot whose sole purpose was to watch or control my life. I really wasn't sure why all of these robots were around me.

Pilot16 · May 26th, 2009, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miks

When I was like younger, I used to sit there and tense my whole body while screaming hoping I would turn Super Sayian (Dragon Ball Z)

I did that! Also I would focus on objects like pens in class and try to make them move. Still working on that.

December 22nd, 2008, 04:31 PM	#1
Ninjabunny NinjaBunny Name: Liz Location: somewhere over the hill Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250 Posts: 26	When I was a kid I thought... This topic always makes me laugh When I was a kid I thought... 1. the world used to be in black and white. 2. if I prayed hard enough, I could turn into a hedgehog (like Sonic).

December 23rd, 2008, 12:40 AM	#2
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December 23rd, 2008, 12:41 AM	#3
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December 25th, 2008, 06:40 PM	#12
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December 23rd, 2008, 12:45 AM	#4
kkim Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: Too much.	When I was a kid I thought... why do we need to go to work for money and why couldn't we just do our jobs and not get paid. I guess back then (5) I was a communist/socialist at heart.

December 23rd, 2008, 01:25 AM	#8
NJD022588 ============ Name: Nick Location: Occoquan, VA Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): '09 Ninja 250R Posts: 518	I thought "Hey Jude" by the Beatles was actually "Hey Dude"

December 23rd, 2008, 11:38 AM	#9
Syphen Some weird Canuck! Name: Greg Location: Ontario - Canada Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): '92 CBR250RR "Babyblade", 2008 Ninja 250R, 2001 CBR600F4i Posts: 209	I thought mustaches were hereditary... My dad had one and I thought I would have one too... I hated mustaches. I didn't know about shaving I guess.

December 23rd, 2008, 01:35 PM	#11
Sailariel ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Alex Location: Belfast, ME Join Date: Jul 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Honda NT-700-V, formerly, Green 2008 Ninja 250R Posts: A lot.	When I was 5, we lived under Communism, and I believed that there was a better place---There is. Right here in the Great USA!!! I was never disappointed.

January 11th, 2009, 06:34 PM	#13
Sound Wave Ramen Rider Name: Gary Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2015 BMW R1200R, 08 Honda VFR800A (sold), 09 Ninja 250R (sold) Posts: A lot.	i thought that you could just write a bank check for whatever amount you wanted.

May 9th, 2009, 12:31 AM	#17
Sound Wave Ramen Rider Name: Gary Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2015 BMW R1200R, 08 Honda VFR800A (sold), 09 Ninja 250R (sold) Posts: A lot.	oh. ok. not sure this really counts, but when i was a small kid, my mom used to take me in the women's bathroom at the malls and stuff. one day a lady didn't lock her stall and i opened the door. i saw her pulling a bloody tampon out and i thought it was a hot dog. i told all my friends at school about it and no one believed me that a woman would stick a hot dog up there. i swore up and down that i saw it with my own eyes. it wasn't until i got older that i realized what had really happened. hehe. then again... maybe it really was a hot dog.

May 9th, 2009, 02:40 AM	#18
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May 9th, 2009, 07:18 AM	#19
Realirony That New Kid Name: Matthew Location: Raleigh Join Date: Mar 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Kawasaki Ninja250R Posts: 68	when I was a kid I thought that: 1.) when my dad talked about being a kid, I pictured him with his 35 year old head on a little kid's body (i didnt realize that he had aged to look like that, I thought growing up was just getting taller) 2.) if I accidently kissed a girl that she would have a baby (scared me to death) 3.) my grandmother had always been old 4.) going to school was dumb and a way for my parents to make me not be at home (aka baby sitter) __________________________________________________ I'm not crazy, I just know something the others don't

May 9th, 2009, 07:27 AM	#20
ajaygraci ninjette.org member Name: Angelo Location: North New Jersey Join Date: Mar 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 ninja 250r, black, carbon fiber full exhaust...2000 toyota 4runner Posts: 136	hahahaha good thread alex. when i was a kid i thought 15 years old was the perfect age because you could do whatever you wanted, werent old, were strongest youll be in your lifetime, could ride all the rollarcoasters and could run fast during ding dong ditch... rofl... if only i still was so simple minded... =(

May 9th, 2009, 10:24 AM	#21
CC Cowboy ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Whodat Location: Ware Is.,MA Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): I pass the wind! Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '13, Jun '14	When I was a kid it seems like summer lasted forever. Now that I'm a older kid I live in Florida where summer lasts forever. __________________________________________________ If everything seems under control; you're just not going fast enough!

May 9th, 2009, 12:08 PM	#22
ninjabrewer dirty old man Name: Chris Location: Hazel Green, AL Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): Blue '08 Ninja 250 Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 1	Radio stations I didn't know how radio stations worked. I knew about bands and music groups, so I thought that when a song was played on the radio, the band was right there, playing. Always wondered how they fit all those groups in that little building. Later I found out that was only the transmitter building. nb __________________________________________________ Death tugs at my ear and says, "Live, I am coming." -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet, novelist, essayist, and physician (1809-1894) www.friendsofsanonofre.org

May 9th, 2009, 12:23 PM	#23
watcanido ninjette.org member Name: Jhaqui Location: Earth Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Kawasaki Ninja 250R Posts: 83	When I was a kid I thought I was rich when I got $20 for Christmas.

May 10th, 2009, 01:59 PM	#24
Strider Back on the Black! Name: Alan Location: Gastonia, North Carolina Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2006 Kawasaki Ninja EX250 (Black) Posts: 831	When I was a kid (about 9 or 10) I thought that 25 cents a gallon for gas was way too much ... but I really loved to ride my mini-bike, so i cut grass for $1.00 a yard Then later that year it jumped to 75 cents and i damn near started crying ... 1977 I believe it was

May 11th, 2009, 02:44 PM	#26
CZroe CPT Falcon Name: J.Emmett Turner Location: Newnan, GA Join Date: Apr 2009 Motorcycle(s): '08 CP Blue EX250J, '97 unpainted EX250F, 2nd '97 unpainted EX250F (no engine), '07 black EX250F Posts: A lot.	All my school books in Kindergarten/First Grade talked about how great "America" was and didn't tell me that I LIVED in America, so when I was 4 & 5 I always thought "Wow. I wish I lived in America, where I could be free and see these giant Sequoia trees and stuff."

May 11th, 2009, 02:48 PM	#27
athimmel ninjette.org member Name: Adam Location: Sacramento area Join Date: Feb 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250 - blue Posts: 177	I thought that Hondas ruled and Kawasakis sucked and I would never own a "crotch rocket" Ninja. Good thing I grew up!

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komohana ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Steve Location: Kekaha, Kauai HI Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 GSX-R 600 2003 EX250: Woodcraft Bars, Levers, Mirrors, Shim'd Mixture, Synthetic, '08 Rear Shock Posts: A lot.	when i was kid, 11 years old, i joined this local group of kids who would do fund raisers, plan events, and spend time with other kids, younger and older, who had muscular dystrophy. i joined because some family friends...they're like family, their kids, my friends, organized the whole thing. Youth Against Dystrophy. the year or so long experiences ended with a camp on the big island in which i was assigned a patient, a hawaiian boy, younger, but much larger than i, bound to a wheel chair...and i did everything w/him...fed, bathed, played, swam, laughed and cried...for 2 weeks. i never knew anyone with dystrophy till then. when i was a kid i had no idea that my younger brother would be diagnosed with having muscular dystrophy in 2003. no one on either side of our family tree had been stricken, and it came out of nowhere. when i was a kid, life prepared me to care for my brother when the time comes. __________________________________________________ Remember when sex was safe and motorcycles were dangerous?

May 12th, 2009, 09:48 PM	#30
zartan ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: zartan Location: spam la Join Date: Oct 2008 Motorcycle(s): 08 250 R Posts: A lot.	That is truly a cool story. Sorry bout your bro. __________________________________________________ "Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision" Colin Powell

May 12th, 2009, 09:53 PM	#31
zartan ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: zartan Location: spam la Join Date: Oct 2008 Motorcycle(s): 08 250 R Posts: A lot.	when I was a kid of 11. and 11 was different then than now. I volunteered in a rest home for one day (one) When I was that kid helping out and filling water pitchers in the rooms for the patients. I was the kid who thought the elongated skinney pitcher was for the patients to be able to drink easier without sitting up so much.. In one room Mr? was reaching out to me with his pitcher and asking for help.... I helped.. Later heard Nurse saying to another." some jackass filled up MR.?'s urnial with ice water.... Never went back __________________________________________________ "Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision" Colin Powell

May 22nd, 2009, 01:11 AM	#32
Lurkable 250Arrrgh! Name: Andrew Location: San Francisco Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 250R, 2001 996 Posts: 143	When I was really young, I went for a walk in the forest with my dad and my older brother. I must have been distracted by something, and when I looked up they were further up the trail, standing on a cliff 30 ft. above me. I was surprised that they were so far ahead of me and I screamed up at my father "How did you guys get up there?!" He told me that they flew up there. I believed him and started crying because they could fly and I could not.

May 22nd, 2009, 01:21 AM	#33
miks I'm lovin' it. Name: Mike Location: Melb, Australia Join Date: Feb 2009 Motorcycle(s): '09 Black 250R Posts: A lot.	When I was like younger, I used to sit there and tense my whole body while screaming hoping I would turn Super Sayian (Dragon Ball Z) __________________________________________________ Son: When I grow up I want to ride a motorbike. Father: You can't do both son.

May 22nd, 2009, 04:03 AM	#34
Stella ninjette.org member Name: Stella Location: Greece Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250r & scooter125cc Posts: 60	i thought...that it's a big deal to forgive someone that hurt u.

May 22nd, 2009, 08:32 PM	#36
miks I'm lovin' it. Name: Mike Location: Melb, Australia Join Date: Feb 2009 Motorcycle(s): '09 Black 250R Posts: A lot.	Great minds think alike Chris __________________________________________________ Son: When I grow up I want to ride a motorbike. Father: You can't do both son.

May 26th, 2009, 05:22 PM	#38
ninjammin ninjette.org member Name: Scott Location: South Mississippi Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2003 Ninja 250 Posts: 26	When I was kid, I used to wonder if everyone else around me was an alien/robot whose sole purpose was to watch or control my life. I really wasn't sure why all of these robots were around me.

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