when i was little if a stayed in the paddling pool 2 long my toes would rinkle and i thought i was a prune tree
A childhood belief about swimming pools
others believed things like this
- When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.— Salma
- Whenever my fingers wrinkled from staying in the pool too long, I thought I was aging faster.— The Mortal Elf
- I used to think that a carpool was one of those bug, long limosine's with a pool all the way in the back.— Annie
- I used to believe that if you soaked a raisin (or prune) in water, it would turn back into a grape (or plum).— C.C.
- I used to believe if you stayed in water too long your skin would get really wrinkled and stay that way.Anon
- I believed that the Kreepy Crawlie used to clean our pool, would follow me around the pool and eat me. — Mother-of-2