As a child I enjoyed watching a tape of an educational special on dinosaurs. One line in the show went, "Dinosaur bones have been discovered in every continent except Antarctica." I asked my parents what "Antarctica" meant, and they (who must have misunderstood me, since I can't imagine them telling me this on purpose) said that it meant a place where there were many houses and buildings. Even years later, when I knew what the continent of Antarctica was, I still had this image of houses and buildings whenever I watched the tape and heard that line.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- That if there was an Antarctica, there had to be and Arctica somewhere on the other end of the earth. — tammy
- I used to think 'To Let' on disused office buildings meant they were big toilets.— Tracey
- I thought the "To Let" signs on buildings meant they were public toilets.— Scottish Laddie
- When I was young , I used to believe that all there was only one continent on Earth— M.R
- As a kid, I thought "No Outlet" signs meant the houses past that point didn't have any electrical outlets.— Julie
- I used to believe that a "punch line" meant a line of people waiting to dip punch from a punch bowl.— Sheila