When I was about 6 or 7, I had an imaginary friend, who left for ice-cream one night. He never returned.
A childhood belief about imaginary friends

others believed things like this
- My dad would tell me that if the ice cream van was playing a tune it meant that he had no ice cream left. Duh!Anon
- I used to have an imaginary friend named Mr. Nobody. He would protect me from my imaginary enemy, Bad Elmer.— Kdees
- "Yooce cream, ice bean, we all scream for ice cream!"
This song was always stupid to me.— Shirley B. - My parents told me that when the ice cream van was playing music, it means he's run out of ice cream :(Anon
- my aunt used to have an imaginary friend who instead of having blood had 7-up in her veins.Anon
- My dad told me that ice cream vans only play music when they have run out of ice cream. Anon