When I was little, I wouldn't swim in the deep end of the pool because I thought there were sharks at the bottom. I still don't swim in the deep part. I think I've been watching too much Jaws.
A childhood belief about swimming pools
others believed things like this
- i used to believe there were invisible sharks in the deep end of the pool, thanks to my older brother.— Melissa
- i used to believe that pools had underwater doors that sharks were going to swim out of.— marky
- I thought that islands and continents were floating rocks so you could swim underneath them.— Kat
- I used to dream that if I held my breath, I could swim through the air for brief amounts of time— Adam
- I used to believe that once you pulled the plug in the bath a shark would swim out of the drain and eat you.— Amy
- Since my father had a deep cleft in his chin, I thought he was growing a tiny buttocks out of his face.— Rick