When I was really, really little my dad had the original Star Wars films on video he got from a "friend" who lived on a boat (I think it was pirated as my dad and uncle fell about laughing at this point)and I was absolutely terrified of Jabba the Hutt. My dad, being a caring soul, told me that slugs were all Jabba's children and if I stepped on them anymore, Jabba would come and eat me. Strangely, I never remember slugs before this point ( must have been about 4), but I never stepped on any.
Dad had to explain he was only joking about Jabba about two years later when I freaked out because my cousin's dog was eating slugs.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- When I was little, I believed that slugs fell from the sky because they always came out when it rained.— JoJo
- I thought gherkins were pickled slugs.— Cat
- I used to think that slugs were just snails who had lost their homes!Anon
- I used to believe that slugs were deadly and they would bite you and kill you. 0_o Where did I get that idea?— What was I thinking?
- I thought if you point the video camera at the TV then both the video camera and the TV will explode.
Anon - I used to believe that it was the Star Wars "Tri-ology" instead of the Stars Wars "trilogy".— keith Key