random beliefs

As a kid I believed that the dial tone on your phone was the operator going *oooooooo* all day long. I used to pick up the phone to see if I could catch her not doing it, like on a break or lunch.

Heidi (from science : telephones)

When I was 6 i used to think that eating Bananas with bruises on was how you actually got bruises!!

Kat (from body functions : eating)

When I was little I taught that a volcano was a fish.Don't know why,it just sounded like a fish name.

Daniel (from animals : general)

I used to believe that doctors lived off of medicine until I saw my own doctor at the grocery store buying chicken.

Anon (from grown-ups : work)

When I was little I use to think we had tiny jelly bean men in our bodies that controlled our movements and lives.

Anon (from body functions : general)

I believed that people riding diesel locomotives (as opposed to steam or electric) were notorious for fighting with each other. I have no idea where this notion came from.

Eddie (from transport : trains)

my sister told me that you can't go to to the toilet during a thunderstorm, because you would die when you pee. and i totally believed it until i was like 11 years old.

sandra (from at home : bathrooms)

I used to think that mannequins were real people who had been beheaded. Creepy thought....

Anon (from neighbourhood : going shopping)

I used to believe that if you put milk in tea it would become coffee. This was because my mother drank her tea without milk and my father drank his coffee with milk

Andy (from food : milk)

Thunder was the sound of clouds crashing together, and the rain would pour out of the holes in the clouds produced by the crash.

Suzanne Hellerstein (from nature : thunder and lightning)