The State Bump
When we were kids, we went on lots of car trips. Whenever we crossed a state line, Dad would say "here comes the state bump!" This was the little bump in the highway caused by the fact that each state's highway contruction crews' work never quite joined up perfectly. And he was right--within a couple of yards of the "Welcome to..." sign there was always a little bump.
Of course, there's a little bump every couple of yards on practically every highway in the world. But it sounded so plausible!
The hilarious part is that my sister believed this until she was in her TWENTIES!
A childhood belief about road signs
others believed things like this
- I use to believe that if you told a story/lie you would get a bump on your tongue.Anon
- I thought that if you were speeding and hit a speed bump, it would cause your car to fly into the air.— SeñorChaCha
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic
- when the sign on the highway said do not pass and dad did i thought he would be in great dangerAnon
- I used to believe that America was a state near the one I live in.Anon
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie