When I was little my parents told me that the signs warning of "road slumps" were warning motorists of little creatures called slumps which had big feet and ran along the roads. I used to look out for these slumps all along the road, but somehow I never saw one.....
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the "no outlet" sign on roads was a warning to people driving electric cars.— c
- I used to beleive that road signs grew out of the ground.— Tiana
- I used to see "End Road Work" signs, and thought they were a sort of protest.— Sebastian
- I used to believe that the sky had stop lights and road signs floating about for the airplanes.
— LoonaSM's - On family road trips, my parents always told me that water towers were filled with chocolate.— Edith
- When I was little, I used to believe that deer could only cross the road at the deer crossing signs. — Shellie