my sisters once convinced me that people had stuck razor blades in the waterslides at magic mountain (adelaide amusement park), thus slicing up any unwary children. the practicalities of installing razors into the slides whilst sliding down never entered my head, nor did the fact that my sisters continually emerged unsliced. i think they actually just didn't want their little brother tagging along.
A childhood belief about excursions
others believed things like this
- Maryland was actually a huge amusement park, i.e. Merry-Land, like Disneyland. — Julianne
- I was sure that Adelaide (where I lived) was the capital of Australia because they both started with
"A"— fiona - I used to believe that my sisters "make believe dog" was real— me
- My sisters once told me if I blinked too much I would get cancer.
How mean... D:— Budster - my parents used to tell me and my sisters that if we ate our vegtables our eyes would turn green..— alex t
- My sisters told me, and I still believe, that the 'Hokey Pokey' is the Devil's song.— You shake it all about...