# Admit It! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398 "2003-06-12T18:08:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Winsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Winsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winsling)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/201 "2003-06-17T01:13:08Z")
I couldn’t tell time on an analog clock until I was 20. I thought about putting it on my resume under “other skills” Living in Cleveland, I’m continually confused about “North Coast.” See, I always think of the coast in relation to the lake, so I think they refer to Canada. When I was much younger (but not that much younger), I had some cereal that was wheat squares around rasins. One fine day at breakfast, I looked up at my mother and commented, “I really like this cereal. The rasins move.” She didn’t let me have any more. Hal ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/202 "2003-06-17T01:30:59Z")
When my mother told me I was going to have a little brother or sister, I didn’t bother to ask how the baby would get out of her stomach. There was the belly button right there… I was 4, though. My mom had a real talent for telling little kids just enough so they thought they had the answer to their sex questions, but not telling them more than they really needed to know. So, for years, I thought babies came out the back (“A special place in mommy’s bottom”.) Hey, I didn’t have any sisters, or even close female cousins. ---
**Author:** ![Splutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Splutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splutter)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/203 "2003-06-17T02:02:14Z")
I was a freakish child who had some peculiar turns of phrases and an odd kind of verbal dislexia. My Mother still likes to remind me of the time I came home from school and told her about the kid there who had “drain bramage” (brain damage)… and how as a safety concious 6 year old I would recommend she put on her “selt beat” (seat belt). I also had a tendency to take everything literally (like lots of kids). One day we were driving through a park when I happened to ask my Mother where I was born, and she said “here”, meaning my hometown. However I assumed she meant “here” as in the park bench, and I told people for years how my Mum popped me out as she sat there eating her sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/204 "2003-06-17T03:00:33Z")
I also thought “To Be Announced” was very popular TV show. I remember the Sunday morning listings had this show on every channel (pre-cable) I thought Varicose Veins = Very Close Veins TV shows used to say “is brought to you by”. I thought “ISBROUGHTTOYOUBY” was one word I couldn’t figure out what is meant. I asked Mom and she didn’t know what the heck I was saying. ---
**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/205 "2003-06-17T03:08:36Z")
I always thought Detroit was down near Texas somewhere. The word Pistons just reminded me of the south west. I guess i have more of an excuse than you older folks (I’m 18), but this thread just taught me that women have three holes. I always assumed that there was only the vagina and anus. I mean, not like I could see anything in the pornos. 😛 My sister used to think flies and mosquitoes were the same thing. I used to masturbate by sort of humping the bed and then quickly running to the bathroom. I used to think only women got orgasms. It takes a lot of willpower to not pronounce “hyperbole” “hyper-bowl,” “emaciated” “emanciated” and “placebo” “play-see-bo.” I only recently found out how to pronounce them. I always thought yojimbo was yo-jim-bo. I didn’t know Jack was a nickname for John. I thought that there was a gay couple name Jack and John living in the condo next to mine. I’ll post some more later. I can’t remember all of my misconceptions. ---
**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/206 "2003-06-17T03:10:35Z")
Oh, I thought that my sister had a stygmatism. Not astygmatism. Made me wonder why her hands never bled. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/207 "2003-06-17T03:57:06Z")
Sometimes, when I’m driving and not really paying attention, I think whatever direction I’m going in must be north. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/208 "2003-06-28T02:22:37Z")
Please don’t stone me for bumping the thread, but… I got a used car about two and a half weeks ago, and unlike my old car, this one has a trip meter. My parents have had cars with them before, so knew what they’re for- to measure how far you go for some length of time. Everyone knows that, right? However!!! It only today occured to me that I completely misunderstood what they meant by “trip.” How can someone misunderstand that, you ask? Until today I thought trip was being used as a verb- as in " To release (a catch, trigger, or switch), thereby setting something in operation" - which would be what you **do** to the meter, not a noun meaning going some place. What can I say? To me, the noun use of trip generally refers to going some place far away, usually on vacation so… \ ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/209 "2003-06-28T03:15:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkipMagic \* > \*\*Hell, I didn’t know that until a couple of weeks ago. And _my_ fiancée laughed rather uproariously at me, too. Good thing for her that I still plan on marrying her. They don’t deserve us, is all I’m saying. 😉 \*\* I literally just told my fiancee that. I was reading this thread out loud to him, 'cause some of it was making me giggle, but when I got to the part about women peeing, he turned around and gave me this blank stare. “REALLY??” He asked. “My biology class was clearly lacking.” I explained it to him, and he doesn’t believe me, so he’s looking it up now. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/210 "2003-06-28T03:20:45Z")
Looking it up? Some kind of fiancee you are. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/211 "2003-07-03T17:29:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Made sense to me; ‘redskins’ denotes Indians, Indians are out west, Washington is out west … I still have to remind myself if the team is somehow brought to my attention that they’re playing in DC. ME TOO ME TOO ME TOO! 😃 It took me 28 years to figure that one out. Secretly, I STILL think the Washington State Redskins makes more sense, for the reasons that **Ellen Cherry** outlined. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/212 "2003-07-03T17:37:37Z")
I am 40 years old and can only do third or fourth grade math. I can’t add a fraction to save my life. Add, subtract, multiply and divide that is the extent of my knowledge! ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/213 "2003-07-03T17:45:11Z")
I am 40 years old and can only do third or fourth grade math. I can’t add a fraction to save my life. Add, subtract, multiply and divide that is the extent of my knowledge! ---
**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/214 "2003-07-03T18:26:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ace22 \* > \*\*It took me until this weekend to realize that **Satisfying Andy Licious** was the same as **Satisfying and Delicious**. > \*\* Thanks, **ace22** …until I read this, I thought of it along the lines of Raising Arizona and Being John Malkovich. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/215 "2003-07-03T20:01:24Z")
OK, OK, OK, I admit it … I’ve got the WMD’s. I _meant_ to turn them in, but you know with one thing and another, I forgot, and now it’s so late I’m kinda embarrassed … (My apologies if someone else already admitted to this – it IS a long thread!) ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/216 "2003-07-03T20:29:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > \*\* > But my world was completely shaken at the age of 20 when I found out that Dire Straits wasn’t from America. ☹ > \*\* :eek: Goddamn it. Now you’re going to tell me that Sting isn’t either. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/217 "2006-11-30T21:23:37Z")
[QUOTE=Contrary] When I was a little girl, I would hear people offer a mysterious incantation after someone sneezed – it sounded to me like they were saying **bleshu**. I think I was 10 before I realised it was two words – not nearly so mysterious as I’d thought. [/QUOTE] Similarly, when I was a kid in French Immersion school, I thought _à tes souhaits_ (bless you) was the verb for “to sneeze.” _J’atessoue, tu atessoues, il atessoue, nous atessouons…_ I also thought that _et ta valeur, de foi trempée_ (“and your valour, steeped in faith”, from O Canada) was _et ta valeur, deux fois trompée_ (“and your valour, fooled twice”), which I thought was rather an unnecessarily snarky thing to put in the national anthem. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398/218 "2006-11-30T21:38:27Z")
Zombie thread. 'Tis closed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it/181398.md?page=10)