Every time we were in the industrial part of town i would see this big stormwater drain, more like a large concrete-lined canal. I honestly believed that if you stood in the drain you would immediately be cloned! So, if you stood in there long enough there would be an army of you....don't know where i got that one from!
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- i used to believe (because my dad told me so) that AM stood for "awful music" and FM stood for "fine music"— skydvgrl
- If you stood in front of the fire for too long your spine would melt!— Helen, Cumbria
- I thought that I could get a suntan if I stood really close to a fire for long enough.— Mat
- how many us believed you would go down the drain with the bath water? I did!— Amy
- I used to think a drain pipe in my backyard led to another world.Anon
- i thought that when you were in the bath you would get sucked down the drain— blake