I grew up in a smaller city and had no idea what a skyscraper was (you know, the tall buildings, like in New York). I always thought that white trail the planes left in the sky were skyscrapers because it looked like they had scraped the sky!
A childhood belief about aeroplanes
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the "real" Santa Claus was at Macy's in New York City. All the rest were fakes. — Marcia
- I thought that the jetstream from planes was white paint. Which was constantly poured out from the plane.— Tore
- I used to believe that the large building/skyscrapers that made smoke were "cloud machines"Anon
- I thought ground beef was the meat they scraped off the ground at the slaughterhouse. Yuck.Anon
- I once thought people would keep growing until they were as big as buildings if they didn't go to the doctor. — Tufty
- I thought the "To Let" signs on buildings meant they were public toilets.— Scottish Laddie