When I was little, I thought that a "no outlet" sign meant that the street didn't have any electrical outlets. It always puzzled me how the people in houses on "no outlet" streets could get by without power. Similarly, I thought that a "dead end" sign meant that there was a heightened risk of something bad happening on that road, so if you got hurt or died, at least you were warned.
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 a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- 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 the no outlet signs meant that noone in that section of the street had electricityAnon
- Up until I was 17 I thought that 'no outlet' signs meant that the steet didn't have any streetlights.— Kelsey
- I used to believe a dead end sign meant there was a graveyard at the end of the street or zombies — Still Out There