I used to think that when you called "information" that they could really give you "information". I asked the operator once :How many people there were in Brooklyn". She was not amused. I also used to call them at Christmas time and sing carols for the operators. Sometimes they enjoyed it...sometimes not.
A childhood belief about telephones
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that my dog was really a cat in disguise trying to get information on the dog empire!— strange and used to be stupid
- I was told that for every christmas carol i sang before christmas time santa would give me one less present!— K
- When people would ask me what was my background, I would tell them 1/2 German and 1/2 Brooklyn!— Randy
- I used to believe that a "No Loitering" sign was "No Littering", inexplicably spelled with a Brooklyn accent.— erin
- My brother was listening to The Corrs and instead "leave me breathless" he would sing "give me breakfast".Anon
- I used to think that in the song "Smooth Operator" they were saying "Schooooooool's not forever!"— Steph