When the weather was bad outside, I used to copy what I thought my dad was saying, and say "let's go out and brave the elephants", instead of elements.
A childhood belief about weather

others believed things like this
- I thought weather forecasters were psychic and that's how they knew what the weather would be.Anon
- I thought there was only one copy of a movie and you had to wait til it got to your town,— quagmire
- I thought that hippos were baby elephants— Gerna
- I used to believe cats ate dogs and mice ate elephants— lucien
- I thought that Indian Summer was like the weather in India.Anon
- I used to believe that peanuts were a daily must to strengthen the memory like elephants — Qb Cheese