Some scummy poor kid at school (you know the short scrawny sort with greasy basin hair) got electrocuted by a telephone (?) which explained his amazing strength when annoyed - totally out of scale to his size
A childhood belief about special powers
others believed things like this
- When you are very poor you "can't make end's meat." End's meat is some sort of cheap very low quality meat.— Betty
- When I was around 4 or 5 I was convinced that you would weigh less if you sucked in your stomach on the scale.— S
- I used to think that if I ate spinach I would have a lot of strength (Popeye)— Fernando
- Since the girls name Jackie is short for Jacqueline, I thought the boys name Jack was short for JackalAnon
- My dad told me that the reason Birds didn't get electrocuted on overhead wire was they had rubber feet!!— Derricki
- When I was 6 I used to believe my parents were watching me at school on TV. It explained a lot at the time!— opinionata