I used to think there was this group called the "Local Trude" and I kept accidentally dialing their telephone number when I meant to call home or call one of my friends. I didn't know who this "Local Trude" was, but I didn't like them.
Then one day I realised that it was just a recording saying "Your call could not go through", but I'd misheard it as "You called the Local Trude."
A childhood belief about telephones
others believed things like this
- I always believed that we lived in Manchester (we didn't) but it was always the main place on the local news!— Richard M
- I always wanted to use the telephone to call Jesus, Santa and Superman— Alex Burghart
- Well into adulthood I thought that a local anesthetic meant one from the area near the hospital..— D'sparil
- In 'Call Me Maybe', I misheard 'Ripped jeans skin' as 'Rich cheese skin'. — Carly Rae Cheddar
- My father used to call soya sauce "monkey blood". I didn't even consider tasting it for years!— Me
- I used to beleive that the moon was where the local fair was.— tah