My friend used to tell me that if you crossed a cigarrete lying on the road, you will become a smoker when you get older. And they only way to prevent it, is to spit on the cigarrete you cross.
I still remember spitting on the road whenever I stepped over a cigarrete. I hated becoming a smoker.
A childhood belief about smoking
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you crossed your fingers when you were lying, you weren't really lying.— jo
- When I was little, I used to believe that deer could only cross the road at the deer crossing signs. — Shellie
- My older sister used to beleive that when it rained, the angels in heaven were having a spitting contest— Doblica W.
- I used to believe the "Yield" from the road sign was somebody's name.— julia
- I used to call the shoulder of the road, the elbow.Anon
- My mum used to tell me that someone was delivering bricks at the top of our road when it thundered!— Deb