There is little more disorienting than discovering that long held beliefs aren't true.
To Whit: The Banana Fish, a toy our various cats have enjoyed for years, to me always seemed to have brown ears, and a fin on its tummy. My daughter recently pointed out that the "ears" are actually front fins, and the other is a "dorsal" fin running down its back. I've had the banana fish upside down all this time.
How about this: Boromir and Faramir in The Lord of the Rings movies? The actors are not actually brothers. <sad trombone>
I've always heard I was supposed to "brush and floss" my teeth, but it turns out you're supposed to floss before you brush, so the fluoride can get between your teeth better. "Floss and Brush" people.
Recently, I driving down the highway with my wife one night when she starts singing the opening lines of Hotel California, "On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair". I join in and all is golden until we get to "What a nice surprise, When you're out of ice". Nope, it's "Bring your alibis". I'm a bigger Eagles fan than she is, and I've been botching their most iconic songs for half a century.
It gets worse. I'm the parrot headyist parrot head in Margaritaville, but I always thought a cheeseburger "with mustard be nice", but Jimmy actually said one "with meunster'd be nice".
That one almost broke me.
My life is a lie.
