random beliefs

At one time, I believed I was capable of creating a new form of number manipulation which would stand alongside addition, subtraction, and so forth.

C. Holbrook (from language : counting)

I used to believe that when you are 90 years old, you are also 90 feet tall.

Anon (from people : appearance)

I heard my dad say that he thought the computer had a virus, and that made me worry that everyday objects could get "sick" and therefore spread germs if you tried to use them.

Anon (from body functions : being ill)

I used to believe that the president hired little kids to take their yellow paint and paintbrushes to the road to paint the yellow lines on the road.

Elizabeth (from transport : road signs)

I used to believe that if robbers came into the house they wouldn't hurt me if they thought I was asleep. So I tried to look asleep even when I wasn't.

Kimberly (from the law : criminals)

When I was little, I thought that after my parents putted me in bed they'd watched TV and never slept during the night.

carmen (from grown-ups : family)

I somehow got the idea that if I boiled a rock, it would come to life. My dad disproved that...

Anon (from at home : around the house)

When I was young playing in the garden in the summer, I heard my mum say that the lettuces had gone to seed. For quite a few years I thought that lettuces ran away to sea when they got big.

Annie (from nature : plants)

My mom told me that the falling rock signs were where an Indian named "falling rock" was seen and if you looked for him he would push rocks onto your car

Anon (from transport : road signs)

I used to think that Ice Cream Sundae's you could only buy and eat on Sundays.

Lauren (from food : general)