I used to believe that a calculator has a mind of it's own and knows what you're going to do next and sits there waiting, bored, for you to input the figures. Then when you do the same kind of calculation again it cynically thinks "oh here we go again, la-di-da, b-o-r-i-n-g".
A childhood belief about technology
others believed things like this
- I used to think that board games were called bored games because you play them when you're bored.Anon
- "Going to the jazz club in my mind"? Not me! "Going to Nebraska in my mind..."— Felix
- I used to believe that clay pigeons were pigeon-shaped clay figures.Anon
- When I was little I would always say in my mind, "I know you can read my mind", just in caseAnon
- My brothers friend still thinks he will be a kangaroo when he grows up and he's 9!!!!!— Jane Rom
- My five-year-old cousin thinks that his parents purchased him from Wal-Mart.Anon