aneverydaystory Readers Share Memories They Got Wrong

From a Facebook commenter.Robert Samonek.Ed McMahon did not go door to door handing out huge checks.

Ed McMahon did not hand out huge checks for publishers' clearing houses door to door. I remember it as a kid.

From a Facebook commenter.Beth Baranowsky.The 'Monopoly' man does not wear a monocle.

The.Monopoly.The man does not wear an eye monocle. I swear he did when I was a kid, but no!

From a Facebook commenter.Reiko Ann.No description provided.

I thought he did too.

From a Facebook commenter.Don Grant.No description provided.

Yes, he did.

From a Facebook commenter.Heather McKenzie.No spelling information provided.

Berenstain Bears, not Berenstein, apparently, lol.

From a Facebook commenter.Robert Samonek.No spelling information provided.

I remember it as Berenstein.

From a Facebook commenter.Kate Bronson.No description provided.

Apparently, there was no movie namedShazaam.that starred Sinbad, lol.

From a Facebook commenter.Katelyn Bragg.No soda name provided.

I say Diet Dr. Pepper; it is actually Dr. Pepper Diet.

From a Facebook commenter.Jill Britzius.No soda name provided.

I just learned about this now.

From a Facebook commenter.Erin Boehringer.No height information provided.

My height!

From a Facebook commenter.Christy Davis.No song lyrics provided.

The song “Drifts Away” does not say: “give me the people and free my soul”?

From a Facebook commenter.Danielle S. McCray.No song lyrics provided.

I thought it was: “give me the beat boys and free my soul”.

From a Facebook commenter.Darla Pringle.No birth year provided.

When I applied for social security, my birth year on file was one year off.

From a Facebook commenter.FranandLee Johnson.No wedding details provided.

Our wedding day.

From a Facebook commenter.Karen Simms.No middle name provided.

My middle name. I thought it was Annmarie. Then I saw on my passport it was Ann Marie.

From a Facebook commenter.Ali Marshall.No age provided.

I found out I was a year older than I thought at a doctor appointment! A few years ago, I said “I’m —years old.” My doctor said, “no, you’re —!” I argued. He said, “weren’t you born in ——?” “Yes.” Then he did the math. I lost a year of my life and realized I am still bad at math.

From a Facebook commenter.Janet Drummond.No dog color provided.

I had a standard poodle as a child. I swore every time (and with my memory) that my dog was cream-colored. I now have another standard that is solid black. My sister and I talked, and she mentioned me owning two solid black standards. WHAT??

From a Facebook commenter.Dianna Jaynes Bailow.No dog color provided.

Maybe she remembers it wrong.

From a Facebook commenter.Dan Legends.Rottweilers are not Dobermans.

Rottweilers were not Dobermans, and vice versa; a million is not a billion and so on.

From a Facebook commenter.Kathryn Jackson.It was actually a dream.

I had an incident in childhood where I remember following my father into the attic. There was a window into another house up there, and I saw a gorilla in the other house. I know since I have and had narcolepsy that I have very vivid dreams. That childhood "memory" was just a realistic dream, lol.

From a Facebook commenter.Kevin Osterberg.Nixon did not cancel Daylight Saving Time.

Who canceled daylight saving time that one year? I thought it was Nixon. I think it turned out to be Carter. That cost the US a fortune.