I used to believe - because my brother told me so - that if I stood on a manhole cover and cover both holes with my feet, the road would blow up because of the build up of pressure underneath. I felt genuinely uncomfortable and anxious when he did just that.
A childhood belief about in the street
others believed things like this
- I used to believe, the little round bandaids, were to cover bullett holes.Anon
- I was told that if one doesn't cover their mouth when yawning that their soul would escape.Anon
- I used to believe when a radio anouncement for a club said "No Cover" that meant No Clothes.— Aaron
- I used to think that jewish men wore "kippots" or "yarmulkes" to cover their bald spots..— Charlotte
- I use to cover my head at night because I thought monsters would give me a bad hair cut while I was sleeping!— Amy
- my older brother told me that if i didnt clean every bit of dirt out of the prints on my feet, i'd die— chel