When I was in Junior High our fire alarms had what appeared to be a small hole just below where you would pull the lever down. The story that was spread around was that an ink dye would shoot out when the alarm was pulled, staining the clothes of the person who pulled the alarm. According to the story, if there had been a real fire the school would purchase you new clothes, however if it was a prank you would be caught instantly. I was never real sure about the story but I also wasn't willing to try it either. Good thing since I DIDN'T know at the time that a false fire alarm was a felony.
A childhood belief about classes
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you weed your pants, an alarm would go off and everyone would know you did it.— Mr Ice Creamie
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- I used to think that when a movie was 'based on a true story' it was happening for real then and there— Tom
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- I used to wonder why the oven didn't set food on fire!— danielle
- The first time i heard of someone getting fired from a job, i thought that they were actually set on fire.Anon