I believed that the rotation of cars tires caused the earth's rotation, that really people in cars stayed pretty still and the tires moved the earth beneath them toward their destination.
A childhood belief about cars
others believed things like this
- When I saw that the clouds were moving in the sky, I thought it was because of the rotation of the earth.Anon
- I used to watch the clouds blowing across the sky and think I was seeing evidence of the earth's rotation.— Dave T
- I thought that people were like cars because cars have exhaust pipes, and people fart.— Matt
- When I was about three, I used to believe that the rain was caused by Jesus' peeing down on the earth!— Gretchen
- I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- I thought small cars grew up to become big cars— carhugger