When I was a kid my older brother and his friend told me that the white stripes planes leave on the sky was the tracks after Jesus had been skiing across the sky. I believed it and told all my friends at school......
A childhood belief about aeroplanes

others believed things like this
- I believed that Jesus was flying across the sky, it was actually sunlight reflecting off planes.— Patti
- My older brother told me that everytime you sneezed your lungs would bleed. I believed this until I was 21!— Gem
- I thought that the jetstream from planes was white paint. Which was constantly poured out from the plane.— Tore
- My Mum told me she invented skipping and I believed her and told all my friends - still living that one downAnon
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah
- I used to eat doggy chocs until my older brother told me that if I did I would have puppies.— EG