When i was 4, the adults in my family told me that if i made funny faces, my face would remain as such. for years i feared mking funny faces and told my friends to be careful.
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- i used to believe the news readers on TV could see us and i'd make funny faces to try to "distract" themAnon
- If you pull a funny face, the wind will blow and it will get stuck.Anon
- when i was little, i used to think that cars had faces and talked to eachother in the parking lot.— Whitney
- I once asked my dad why Pugs had flat faces. He responded "because they ran into a wall"...— Kristy
- I used to think wall outlets looked like little faces (eyes and mouth), and so I would talk to them sometimes!— EJ
- I believed when young that horses with white faces were sick. My dad a great sense of humour— John Cavanagh