random beliefs
Disney once told me Every time a baby giggles a fairy is born. I believed it and asked my mom how many times i giggled!
when i was young i used to believe that you prayed over food to cool it down, then i asked my mommy "do you pray over cereal"? she said yeah. and i was like "but its cold!!!"
i used to think there were tiny see through crystals under the carpert and that the shed was a pink fairy palace after dark. (i was a bit of an optimist)
I use to believe that a Quarterback was a refund.
I used to believe that when the sun sets, it means it ran out of batteries, and it recharges during the night.
I also believed the sun ran on batteries.
After hearing the phrase "time is money" I used to believe that money and time were essentially the same thing. So since 60 seconds equaled one minute, I thought 60 cents were equal to a dollar.
As a ploy to keep us from putting small rubber toys in our mouths, our parents told us that toys were made out of boogies. I imagined a toy factory, where the workers picked their noses...
When I was young and saw an orchestra playing I used to believe the conductor was waving a magic wand and making the instruments play by themselves.
My sister told me that telephone poles got medals for being the best telephone poles. I believed her for years. Turns out, they were serial numbers.
I used to think that the Police song, Roxanne, was about traffic lights.
I was about 14 when I figured it out.
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