Ever seen a No Outlet sign? It means basically the same as Dead End. I used to think it meant all houses on that road have no electric outlets because they must not have power.
A childhood belief about road signs
others believed things like this
- As a kid, I thought "No Outlet" signs meant the houses past that point didn't have any electrical outlets.— Julie
- I used to believe that the "no outlet" sign on roads was a warning to people driving electric cars.— c
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- i always thought that a DEAD END sign
as where they put all the road kill.
— pav - I used to believe a dead end sign meant there was a graveyard at the end of the street or zombies — Still Out There
- i used to believe that the no outlet signs meant that noone in that section of the street had electricityAnon