I used to believe that there were midgets inside traffic lights that changed the colors of the light.

weasuL

I used to believe that there were tiny men in traffic lights that operate the lights.

Anon

When I was about 5 I thought little people hid inside stop-lights to turn them on and off. When I told my mom this, she looked at me like I was crazy then explained to me that it was on timers etc. I still didn't believe her for another year or two later.

Anon

I used to think that little men were inside the traffic lights so they could the colors!

Anon

traffic lights were controlled by people sitting underneath the light

Anon

Everytime I rode with my parents in their car as a kid, I'd always hate stopping at traffic lights; I used to believe that traffic lights were actually operated by little traffic gnomes who decided when the lights would change to red, green, or yellow based on whether the driver was good or bad, or whether or not they were in a particularly good mood. Waiting at a red light for a long while made me hate those gnomes quite a bit.

Bob

When I was little I always thought that the traffic lights were not going because of electricity, but because of little men living in them. The little men would see when no cars were coming and see how the other cars were waiting. So the little man who was in charge of the green light would tell the yellow one and the yellow one would tell the red one, and the red one would unstrew his lightbulb and the yellow one would screw in his yellow lightbulb and so forth.
But I'd always wondered how they got any sleep

Nikki

When I was little I used to believe that traffic lights were controlled by mice in a metal box next to the intersection and that they would jump on a big button for whatever color was to be next.

Sophie

i use to think that little mice lived in the stop lights and changed them when people would drive up

melissa

When I was little, I used to believe that a mouse ran the traffic lights.

Jen

When I was about 5 I used to believe that mice were controlling the stop lights and there would be one mouse telling them when to turn the light over a head set.

Candice

I used to believe that there were tiny blue monkeys in the traffic lights, and they turned the certain lights on when needed, and vice versa. I had an imagination....

Derek

As a little girl I used to believe that really tiny people controled the traffic lights. So when the light was red I would yell out the window asking the tiny people to turn the red lights green.

Dridri

When I was little, I believed that there was a man in a big silver box changing the stoplights. For years I was thinking, COME ON DUDE WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOREVER!!!
Then when I finally asked one day
"hey mom, how do the stop and go lights change?" then I knew.

Anon

I used to believe that people lived inside of traffic light poles and it was their job to pull a lever that changed the color of the lights. I always wondered how a person could be so skinny to fit in there.

Anon

When i was little i thought Mice ran the stoplights and that they were inside the light watching us and laughing when we were stopped

Kayla

I used to believe there were little men inside traffic lights controlling them.

Mrs Squarepants

I used to believe that little elves lived in traffic lights and controlled them.

Traffic Life Elf

When i was little i was told by my mother there where little men in traffic lights that used to change the colour of the lights! I told other kids in school and got the mick taken out of me for ages. That cut deep!

Anon

That little men lived in the traffic lights and that's how they changed at the right time.

Annie