My grandmother would watch us when my parents wanted to go out, and often we would stay at her house. She told us that she had a tape recorder hidden and would play the tape back for our parents if we misbehaved. My cousin and I tore her house apart looking for the tape recorder. I even fell from a high shelf I had climbed looking for it. I didn't realize it was a scam for years.
A childhood belief about around the house
others believed things like this
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- I used to believe that a person could fix ANYTHING with Scotch tape.— Felix
- I used to put a camera along my fireplace on Christmas Eve in hopes to tape Santa.Anon
- My partner thought women used the brown packing tape as wax strips.— Helen
- My sister thought that she could video me by simply inserting the VHS tape into the VCR sideways.
Anon - I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon