My Misunderstandings

[Camazotz Automat]

Haha  When I was a kid in grade school I called vowels 'valves'.

Topic not limited to early misunderstandings, though those are often the funniest.

When I was a kid, and singing She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain, I had the distinct impression that the characters involved were going to travel to a mechanical device... when she finally came 'round that goddamn mountain:

We will all go to meter when she comes.

[K_Dubb]

I loved the aquarium when I was maybe five or six and the line "when sorrows like sea billows roll" in that hymn brought up visions of plump, orange-colored invertebrates, perhaps relatives of the sea cucumber, gently bouncing along, tossed in the currents.

[Walks_At_Night]

Reading my favorite comic, coming across this Ad and becoming totally entranced.  Saving up
my allowance money and sending away for it. 

[norland2424]

I was born in 1985 so around the age of 8 or 9 i always thought that the octane levels at gas stations indicated the years the gasoline was made  .

[Walks_At_Night]

I was born in 1985 so around the age of 8 or 9 i always thought that the octane levels at gas stations indicated the years the gasoline was made  .

Awesome.   Gimme some of that '91 - I want fresh!

[Walks_At_Night]

Pretty rich material here for me to mine.

When it first hit the radio I thought McCartney/Wings'  "Band on the Run" was
"Man on the Run".  I remember asking my sister why the man was running.........................

[chefist]

Reading my favorite comic, coming across this Ad and becoming totally entranced.  Saving up
my allowance money and sending away for it. 

Same here...I would practically memorize the gag/novelty page at the back of comics.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

Reading my favorite comic, coming across this Ad and becoming totally entranced.  Saving up
my allowance money and sending away for it. 

OMG, I thought that was the coolest thing when I first saw it. It was a half page ad too. I think I saw it in Boys Life, or Weekly Reader or something like that though. 

[starrmtn001]

OMG, I thought that was the coolest thing when I first saw it. It was a half page ad too. I think I saw it in Boys Life, or Weekly Reader or something like that though.

I had a Weekly Reader subscription when I was a kid.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

Pretty rich material here for me to mine.

When it first hit the radio I thought McCartney/Wings'  "Band on the Run" was
"Man on the Run".  I remember asking my sister why the man was running.........................

Ha ha. I thought the Go-Gos Our lips are sealed was Are you sincere, or Are you Cecile (Female name)

Then there was always "Wrapped up like a douche en the middle of the night" from Manfred Mann's  - Blinded by the light

[Walks_At_Night]

OMG, I thought that was the coolest thing when I first saw it. It was a half page ad too. I think I saw it in Boys Life, or Weekly Reader or something like that though.

Could have been worse.   There were three brothers down the street from me that pooled all of their resources to get the Monkey that you used
to see in those ads.  I think it was like twenty bucks.   They worked like dogs to save up for it - it was gonna be soooooo awesome.
Imagine their horror when it turned out to be a biting, shit flinging, vile, nasty little bastard.    It was rumored that their Old Man bashed its
head in with a 2x4 but was never proved. 

[Dateline]

There was a very skinny girl who "blossomed" overnight into about a 36 inch large cup.  It was discussed that someone should order some x-ray glasses to see if it was true or not. 

The next year in eighth grade either she had a breast reduction or the balloon burst, but she was back to something more in line with her body type.

[Camazotz Automat]

This could turn out to be a vibrant thread facilitating stress relief.

Many thanks to Rix Gins for supplying the pressure release valve. 

[chefist]

This could turn out to be a vibrant thread facilitating stress relief.

Many thanks to Rix Gins for supplying the pressure release valve. 

https://youtu.be/nTqjO-dHTmE

[aldousburbank]

I have a friend who, when he would hear the BOC tune, would belt out the lyrics "Don't feel the reaper!"

Also a niece who loved to sing America The Beautiful, "Oh beautiful, for spaceship skies."

[chefist]

I have a friend who, when he would hear the BOC tune, would belt out the lyrics "Don't feel the reaper!"

Also a niece who loved to sing America The Beautiful, "Oh beautiful, for spaceship skies."

I remember my sister singing the old Fleetwood Mac song Dreams as, "...like a heartbeat, Joshy Man."

Wait, isn't this supposed to be the Mandela Effect? I just call it remembering or hearing incorrectly...

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

I had a Weekly Reader subscription when I was a kid.

That was a cool magazine. Friday afternoon in grade school (third grade if I remember correctly) we always got the newest issue to read over the weekend.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

Could have been worse.   There were three brothers down the street from me that pooled all of their resources to get the Monkey that you used
to see in those ads.  I think it was like twenty bucks.   They worked like dogs to save up for it - it was gonna be soooooo awesome.
Imagine their horror when it turned out to be a biting, shit flinging, vile, nasty little bastard.    It was rumored that their Old Man bashed its
head in with a 2x4 but was never proved.

Awww man. 20 bucks was a hell of a lot of money when I was a kid. On my allowance at the time I first saw that ad, it would have taken me almost a year to save that up. I busted my ass around the house and outside for that allowance too. I NEVER told my parents i was bored.

[starrmtn001]

Also a niece who loved to sing America The Beautiful, "Oh beautiful, for spaceship skies."

"Stand beside Her and guide Her,
through the night with a light
from a bulb."

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

"Stand beside Her and guide Her,
through the night with a light
from a bulb."

LOL

Wow, there's some good ones being dropped in here. Thanks everyone, I'm grinning from ear to ear.

[starrmtn001]

That was a cool magazine. Friday afternoon in grade school (third grade if I remember correctly) we always got the newest issue to read over the weekend.

That's right!  I'm trying to remember what grade I was in.  Second or third.

[Walks_At_Night]

Awww man. 20 bucks was a hell of a lot of money when I was a kid. On my allowance at the time I first saw that ad, it would have taken me almost a year to save that up. I busted my ass around the house and outside for that allowance too. I NEVER told my parents i was bored.

Turns out it was $18.95.   

Loads of fun and amusement

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

Turns out it was $18.95.   

Yup, I've seen that one. I like the part where it says "simple to care for and train". Heh, heh, heh.

[Camazotz Automat]

As for many of us, the pattern would begin early for a young Walks_At_Night.

Hey, baby.  What's your view on younger guys?  I've got a badass bachelor castle.

SMMILF:

[Walks_At_Night]

As for many of us, the pattern would begin early for a young Walks_At_Night.

Hey, baby.  What's your view on younger guys?  I've got a badass bachelor castle.

SMMILF:

No doubt.   I've *always* been a leg guy.  Not much of a rack there but check out the gams on the blonde...........

[K_Dubb]

Turns out it was $18.95.   

He appears to be wearing a coat.  Is that a thing?  I remembered this strange story from a few years ago:



http://gawker.com/5967012/shearling-coat-wearing-monkey-found-wandering-around-canadian-ikea

[Walks_At_Night]

He appears to be wearing a coat.  Is that a thing?  I remembered this strange story from a few years ago:



http://gawker.com/5967012/shearling-coat-wearing-monkey-found-wandering-around-canadian-ikea

No earthly idea but that is one strange story about Ikea Monkey

[JesusJuice]

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Topic not limited to early misunderstandings, though those are often the funniest.

When I was a kid, and singing She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain, I had the distinct impression that the characters involved were going to travel to a mechanical device... when she finally came 'round that goddamn mountain:

We will all go to meter when she comes.

This thread is an example of why I keep trying to convince people that you're not just another remorseless Mesoamerican bat deity with a fearsomely pretty face who controls a vast empire of self-service eating establishments based on the ingenious concept of coin operated pie and sandwich dispensing contraptions.

And Lady Mondegreen.

Praise BP and give my love to Karen.

[Billy Joe Mulgreavey]

The people who brought us Sea-Monkeys really should have their asses kicked.  But just as guilty, and found in the same books, Charles Atlas, Arnold S. and Joe Weider...selling their shake mixes and stretch rubber bands.  I was supposed to be able to build a fantastic physique, the kicking of sand into my face was to halt, and wonderful pets were to be waiting for me when I got home from the beach.  Bastards!