When building roads in the state I live in (U.S.A.), they use "local rock," e.g. rock from the quarry nearest the work site. Occasionally, this gives the road surface a slight tint of color, such as red or green. As a newlywed, moving here with my husband, I commented on the freeway having a greenish tint, and my husband told me that the state painted all the roads green. I actually believed him! He finally set me straight on the matter when he overheard me very seriously repeating his "tale" to a friend! Thirty-eight years later and I STILL can't believe I fell for that!!!
A childhood belief about in the street
others believed things like this
- I used to think the Empire State Building was called the "Ten-past-eight building".— Alex
- I believed you had to color all the dinosaurs in coloring books green because all the dinosaurs WERE green.— Betty
- When I was little, I believed that my Dad worked in a factory where they painted peas green!— Hannah G.
- My friends and I used to believe that if you planted a rock, it would grow a rock tree. Anon
- When I was around seven years-old, my friend and I put a rock in a microwave and thought it would melt.— Lars
- I used to believe that America was a state near the one I live in.Anon