Do I have a Don Cornelius memory?

When I watched Soul Train as a kid there were frequent commercials for a hair relaxer called Afro Sheen. Afro Sheen’s tag line was “the no lye relaxer.” I had no idea what lye was, so I thought they were saying “no lie relaxer” as in “no lie. this stuff really works.” It wasn’t until I was in my 20s and I saw lye in a hardware store that I figured they meant lye.

Incidentally, I was well into my 30s when, peering into the freezer section at my grocery store, I finally realized “tater tots” was a pun meaning “little potatoes.”

So, no, I guess I don’t have a Don Cornelius memory to share.