When I was about 7 I used to be really scared of anything "bad" getting into my room at night while I was asleep. So I invented an ingenius method for keeping out the baddies: I put up my own imaginary "force-field" over my door and window. This involved drawing a square around the door or window with my finger. Of course, I had to turn the invisible ink on first by clicking my fingers. As soon as the square was complete, the force-field activated and only let good thing pass through (parents, dog, etc.). I have no idea where this protection method came from but it worked. I've never worried about "baddies" since.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- Huey Lewis's "Hip to be square" - in 3rd grade I could have SWORN it was "hit the beef square". ????Anon
- I used to believe that everytime i saw a helicopter the A-team were in it on their way to fight the baddies!— Natalie
- I used to be told that if you watched too much TV your eyes would turn square. — Amy
- If you look at a screen too long, your eyes will turn square.Anon
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- My parents used to tell me watching television turns your eyes square.— Ruth