as a child, i lived by the city (chicago), so whenever we would drive into the city, i would see the gigantic smoke stacks puring steam, smoke, smog, carcinogens, etc. into the air. i believed that thoses things put clouds in the air, like a kind of cloud machine.

mike

When I was about six I used to believe the smoke stacks were cloud makers and that's how the clouds were formed.

Morgan

Up till I was like 10, I used to believe that the factories that I would go by, were the cloud makers of the town...

Rebecca

Not me, but a friend of mine:

Clouds are made by factories.

willem

i convinced my brother that smoke stacks are where clouds came from.

Anon

My lovely older brothers convinced me that the factories with the gross polution coming out of the chimneys were the "cloud-making" buildings and they make clouds and shoot them into the air. I would get really worried if I saw a chimney with no smoke coming out because I thought the clouds would not be able to be made and then the sun would fall down and crush me and my stuffed animals.

Suzy