What we believed as kids
1. When I saw a big truck and trailer full of sheep, I asked my father where they were going. He used to tell me that the farmer was taking the sheep on a sightseeing trip because they had been good.
2. When camping our dad said it was time for bed when the first morepork call was heard. He'd wander off and make the "morepork call" himself. (It still works well on the next generation of young campers.)
3. I asked my father, known for his joking around, where "snot" came from. He told me that during the night moths fly in and "poo" up your nose and that's where it comes from. I slept with my head under the covers for years and could never understand how the "snot" kept turning up! When, in my 20s, I told my father about the effect it had on my sleeping habits, he was mortified!
4. My friend told her toddler twins that if you pick your nose your arm will "drop" off. Well, the next day the meter reader turned up and he had just one arm. The twins stared at him wide-eyed, jaws on the ground, and asked him the obvious question.
5. We were driving up Mt Eden one night, when my girlfriend aged 24 said: "Isn't it funny how the meteorite hit the hill right on the top." It nearly caused me to drive off the road with laughter. Apparently her dad had told her that's what the crater was caused by!
6. ... that gherkins were crocodile poo.