When I was little and I saw Indian, Hindu etc. people with little red Bindi dots on their foreheads I would marvel at how those people all got 'pimples' in the same place.
A childhood belief about nationalities
others believed things like this
- I used to think Indian women had scabs on their foreheads, but it was bindi!— Emily
- I used to believe that the red dot on Indian people's foreheads meant that they had psychic powers.— Mark
- I used to believe that those of Indian descent who had them were born with dots on their forehead.Anon
- I used to think people with lots of freckles were playing with crayons and drew dots on their face.— WOW
- I used to believe that dot-to-dots were called 'doctor dots'.— Jim
- I used to believe that flea markets were a place people sold fleas, or the place was infested with fleas— Kelley