I was thoroughly convinced as a child that my father could make lights change, and that occasionally, he could endow me with this ability.
We'd be at a light, and finally, he'd say, "Change, light!" and it would! Occasionally, he'd tell me to yell "CHANGE!" and it would.
Funny how I never put together that he was just watching the opposing lights to see when they went yellow. :)
A childhood belief about traffic lights
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I could change street lights with my mindAnon
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon
- I used to think that on day light savings time you had to stay up till 2:00am to change the clocks! — Sandy
- I used to beleive that little drawf men were inside each traffic light, making them change colors. — alisha
- I use to believe that kissing your elbow would make you change your sex when you woke up the next day.— Chuck