Merlu@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 21 hours agoWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?message-squaremessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1134arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?Merlu@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square111fedilinkfile-text
When i was a child, i believed autopilot really worked like in the movie Airplane, that it was an inflatable dummy.
minus-squarewaggz@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 hours agoIn the 80s when i was a child there were billboards with PSAs saying don’t drink and drive. I’d promptly scold my parents if i caught them taking a sip from their soft drink after hitting the McDonald’s drive through.
minus-squareHandwovenConsensus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-229 minutes ago“Drink” is such a weird word in how it has both a general and specific meaning, but no other word for the general meaning is commonly used. “Drink your milk! No drinking until you’re 21!”
In the 80s when i was a child there were billboards with PSAs saying don’t drink and drive. I’d promptly scold my parents if i caught them taking a sip from their soft drink after hitting the McDonald’s drive through.
“Drink” is such a weird word in how it has both a general and specific meaning, but no other word for the general meaning is commonly used.
“Drink your milk! No drinking until you’re 21!”
No; you are!