My dad told me that the reason Birds didn't get electrocuted on overhead wire was they had rubber feet!!
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- Up until the age of six, i sadly did not know that birds had feet. Anon
- My dad told me that the reason feet were stinky was because they grew out of your butt.— Veronika
- when I was little I was afraid of flies until mom told me they were baby birds!— Lisa
- I used to believe that if you didn't take your socks off at night your feet would turn into jellyAnon
- I had an 18 lb. cat who ate rubber bands, I used to believe she could bounce away if not careful.— Dawn
- I used to believe that your brain was a red rubber ball inside your head.— Greg