I used to believe that thunder came the handle on my Dad's drill press. I called it the thunderstick. And i also thought that storms were sucked down the storm drain when they were blown out.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning
others believed things like this
- i thought that when you were in the bath you would get sucked down the drain— blake
- There was a Chinese takeaway near us called the Orient Express. I thought it was Onion Press. Yeah.— Spook
- In old west lore, Billy the Kid was called 'buck toothed'. I thought this was because he sucked his thumb. — Monty
- I used to believe as a child that t-storms (aka thunderstorms) where actually tea bags falling from the sky.— Samantha
- I used to think thunder sounds were called "Boombies" and I would say
"Boombies!" if I heard lightning.— James the Great - My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon