One day several summers ago, I was in our back yard tie-dying tee-shirts. My brother's friend, Brian, who was about 15 at the time, came out to see what I was doing. I told him that I was tie-dying and then explained how you have to twist the shirts and tie rubber bands around them to get the patterns in the dye.
Brian's eyes got big and he said, "Oh, that's why it's called tie-dye!" Well, I laughed and asked him where he thought the name came from, but I already had a suspicion.
"I thought it originated in Thailand!"
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- When I was little, I thought dying your hair would give you the color AND hairstyle displayed on the box. Anon
- I had an 18 lb. cat who ate rubber bands, I used to believe she could bounce away if not careful.— Dawn
- When I was little I thought that dying your hair means you kill your hair.Anon
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
- My mom always told me she had eyes in the back of her head. — Ellana