When I was around 4 and 5 I used to think that the more stripes on the sides of your sneakers, the faster you could run.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- ... i used to believe the more stripes my pair of sneakers had, the faster i would run ...— wilbur
- I used to believe that zebras have detachable stripes.Anon
- I wouldn't wear stripy socks because I used to believe the stripes dug into your feet— Shirley Reeves
- i used to think that the faster you go in your car, the faster the car radio went.— Matt
- I thought that the stripes of the zebra crossings was from a squashed zebra— Helen
- I used to think that the right sides of roads are empty in England, since everyone drives on the left.Anon