when i was a child, i used to believe paper notes (money), once become crumpled or soaked wet, would be unacceptable and unuseable. well, mom gave me and my sister (younger than me yet infinitely wiser) a $5 bill one day after school to go get some groceries, I dropped it in the gutter and it was promptly soaked with rain water. my sis picked it up and said it's ok, use it, i grabbed it from her and chucked it out the window, which got blown away immediately. my sis saw such horror on my face, not because she thought I did such a stupid thing as throwing away good money, but that I made it wet in the first place!
A childhood belief about money
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you soaked a raisin (or prune) in water, it would turn back into a grape (or plum).— C.C.
- When I was a little kid I used to believe that tissue paper was money and that you could have a box of money.Anon
- When I was a child I used to believe in the little mouse Perez, who gave you money for teeth.
— Chayma - that the money I gave at sunday school would go straight to God.— christine
- I used to believe that on money, the treasurer of the United States really signed every bill prited her self.— Tiffany
- I bbelived that the process of "making money" was taking a dollar bill and ironig it.Anon