i used to read 'asbestos' as a plural, and i believed that an asbesto was a kind of insect, like a beetle. whenever i read about asbestos being found in a building i imagined it was infested with these insects, and they would send in pest control to deal with it...
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- my friend used to think a SWAT team was pest control.— wacko zacho
- When i was little, I used to send Jesus birthday cards on christmas and thought he would read them in heaven.Anon
- I used to wonder what kind of insect "uncles" were named after.
I had "Ants" figured out.— Kimberly in AZ - I BELIEVED THE TEACHERS COULD READ MY THOUGHTSAnon
- When I was little, I never ate pesto sauce because I thought if you ate it, it meant you were a pest.Anon
- When I was little I used to believe that the brown potato chips, you know the burnt ones, were worm infested.— Eric Rustman