My older brother wanted to keep me from sticking my head out of the citybus window, so he told me that the driver had a button that would electronically close the window and chop my head off. I was 4 years old, and believed this for several years.
A childhood belief about buses

others believed things like this
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- when i was small my brother always told me that if you picked your nose your head would cave in— Eric
- someone could unscrew my belly button, and if they did, my head would fall offAnon
- my sister when she was little thorght head lice tried to borrow into her head to get to her brainAnon
- i used to belive that if i fell on my head my head would come off while i was doing a cartwheelAnon