i used to stand behind the car exhaust when i was little because the fumes were so warm in winter. my dad told me if i let the gas touch me i would get warts all over my legs. i still stay away from exhausts.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- That all clouds were made by aeroplane exhaust fumes— diyjoe.com
- I used to believe that the exhaust fumes coming from a car were actually what pushed it forward like a rocket — rocket car
- When I was young I thought people smoked to stay warm.— Phil Stam
- That blankets had some magic quality that made it so you could become warm and stay that way— Michael
- i used to beleive that if you chewed gum it woul give you warts in your mouth my sister told me this— sunney jim of the pearl
- I used to believe that when winter came and it snowed the grass just died or went away for the winter.— Chris