I used to think "Yield" signs read "Yelled", so I thought that they were there to show where someone had once yelled at something.
A childhood belief about road signs
others believed things like this
- I used to believe the "Yield" from the road sign was somebody's name.— julia
- Having seen enough red octagonal STOP signs in my time, I used to look out for green circular GO signs.— Gary
- I used to see "End Road Work" signs, and thought they were a sort of protest.— Sebastian
- I thought the "To Let" signs on buildings meant they were public toilets.— Scottish Laddie
- Up until I was 17 I thought that 'no outlet' signs meant that the steet didn't have any streetlights.— Kelsey
- when I saw those prepare to meet thy god signs I thought they were beauty parlours for religous ladies only!— knuckles