I used to think that signs that read "No Outlet" (meaning a dead-end road) meant that the people on that street had no electrical outlets in their homes. I used to feel so bad for all of the people without electricity and wonder why they would live there.
A childhood belief about road signs
others believed things like this
- As a kid, I thought "No Outlet" signs meant the houses past that point didn't have any electrical outlets.— Julie
- i used to believe that the no outlet signs meant that noone in that section of the street had electricityAnon
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- Up until I was 17 I thought that 'no outlet' signs meant that the steet didn't have any streetlights.— Kelsey
- I used to think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- i used to believe that sex meant love and that having sex meant the two people would live happily ever after.— amy