I never really was able to believe that one pound of feathers actually weighed the same as one pound of lead...
'But dad, It's _LEAD_ ! _LEAD_ ! and feathers !'
A childhood belief about counting
others believed things like this
- Ice cream was made from feathers. My brother told me it was.— ed209
- When I was about seven, I was utterly convinced that chickens had leaves and trees had feathers.— Confused
- Apparently, when I was little, I used to try and grow chickens by 'planting' their feathers in the ground.— Mat
- When I was little, I thought that birds feathers were made out of twigs and cat hairs.— Lily
- If you bit the end of a pen of pencil you would be poisoned by the lead or ink. Anon
- I used to believe that Prince was the lead singer of Queen— Garrett