For years and years I thought telephone poles grew.
A childhood belief about telephones

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that telephone poles grew out of the ground.— Jennifer (the blonde)
- I used to believe a mile was the distance between telephone poles.— Allegra
- I always thought the connectors on the telephone lines were flying turtles.— Angie B
- For years and years I believed that tuna must be really little fish because they came in such small cans!!— Gisela
- My Mum told me if I ate too much toast I would get cancer! I couldn't eat it for years and years...— Pauliboy
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon