We lived in an area surrounded by farmland, mostly growing potatoes, and whenever it thundered, my dad would say, "They must be loading spuds in Tulelake!" That must have kept me calm when the loud roll of the thunder started.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning
others believed things like this
- when I was a kid, I used to believe that when thundered, it was because god was angry— deividi brasil br locao
- I used to believe when it thundered that god was moving his furniture around.— Debra Mcewan
- I used to believe that when it thundered it was God moving the furniture around up in heaven!— Clare N.I.
- My mum used to tell me that someone was delivering bricks at the top of our road when it thundered!— Deb
- I was told as a kid that when it thundered, God was playing basket ball. LOL! — Tony
- My best friend used to believe that when it rain and thundered that God was flushing his toilet. — Jelly Bean