When my son was 3, we would travel back and forth from Oklahoma to relatives in Arkansas in the U.S. We'd use a toll road along the way. Every time we'd approach the toll booth, my son would hold up his feet so he could "Pay a toe." We'd humor him of course by pretending to grab one of his toes. He's nine now, and we're not traveling that toll road anymore. He might just be writing his own "I used to believe" in a few years! I don't think we've ever actually corrected him on this.
A childhood belief about cars
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Automatic Toll Boths had underground room where people counted your money.— Dillon
- I used to think that we were breaking a law every time my mom passed a "Do Not Pass" sign on the road. — Kyra
- I used to believe the "Yield" from the road sign was somebody's name.— julia
- I used to call the shoulder of the road, the elbow.Anon
- My mum used to tell me that someone was delivering bricks at the top of our road when it thundered!— Deb
- I used to think that if you went to the end of a road marked "Dead End", somebody would try to kill you.— Spooky