As a child, I had some very strange ideas about the world, traffic crossing poles in particular. You know how when you want to cross the street, you press the button on the pole, right? My mom always told me that pressing it multiple times wouldn't make it go faster, but still I saw people doing so every day. So, I came to the conclusion that somewhere there was a big office that tracked every time each individual traffic crossing button was pressed, and produce a 'beep' noise. I thought to myself, "Gee, what a boring job," so I often pressed it to the beat of a catchy tune, so that it would 'beep' the same tune to the office workers and make their day more interesting.
A childhood belief about in the street
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that inside each volcano there was a guy who'd press a button to make it erupt.— Jim, UK
- I thought that when you pressed the hazzard button in the car, the dukes of hazzard would come and save you.— smfd26
- I used to believe that sky ends at the horizon and by crossing it we can go to another world..— Debasish Satapathy
- When I was little, I used to believe that deer could only cross the road at the deer crossing signs. — Shellie
- I used to belive there were people under the traffic lights, otherwise they wouldn't work...Anon
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.