All through my childhood our family called open topped busses 'Bertie Busses', convinced that this was their official name. I realised that other people didn't call them this but I assumed it was because they weren't 'in the know' like our family and insisted to my friends that BERTIE BUS was the correct name.
Years later as an adult, I discover my mum had jokingly named the busses Bertie after my very bald Uncle Bert who like the busses, had little on top!
A childhood belief about buses
others believed things like this
- I was about 6 and thought my family invented the fart because I never heard anyone outside my family do it.— Bob
- I used to think that in the song"Family Affair, they were saying "It's a family of bears!"— Wayne Huffman
- My mother convinced all of us kids in our family that the large rhubarb in the garden was a Man-Eating Plant. — H.Miller
- I used to be convinced that there were bald-headed beige aliens outside my toilet window.— Phil
- My friend convinced me that if I used a bar of soap to wash my hair instead of shampoo that I would go bald.— Michelle
- when i was growing up i had two imaginary friends. One was named Jennifer, the other was named Onion.— Tessica