When I was around six my cousin told me that the orange balls they put on the telephone wires were there to twist the wires so the squirrels couldn't walk on them. It used to confuse me so much to see the birds land on the wires that the squirrels couldn't touch.
Needless to say I later found out that they're there so the airplanes don't hit them, but still every time I see them the first thought in my head is to look to see if any squirrels are on them.
A childhood belief about in the street
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that bird perched on telephone wires to keep their feet warmAnon
- My older sister told me squirrels were poisonous, and I believed her until I was 9.— Jenni
- Until I was about 13 I thought chipmunks were baby squirrels.— Gina
- Until I was about 8, I thought chipmunks were baby squirrels. — allie
- I used to believe that chipmunks were baby squirrels Anon
- I used to think that when you sent a fax, the paper went through the wires.— em