Used to go around my school classes and brag to people that I read "War and Peace" (being of course famous or infamous for its horrendous length). It was a lie... and I know I was just a kid, but I guess I didn't realize it was such a LAME thing to brag about.
ME: "I read War and Peace!"
THEM: "Nice, want to play Legos?"
ME: "I READ all of it! War and Peace!"
THEM: "Uh, okay. Cards?"
ME: "Tolstoy is cool, WAR!"
THEM: "Okay, you nerd."
ME: "And PEACE!"
THEM: *goes away*
ME: "I think I shall read it again!"
You may have, by now, gauged my level of popularity back then.
A childhood belief about reading
others believed things like this
- When i was little, I used to send Jesus birthday cards on christmas and thought he would read them in heaven.Anon
- My brother used to believe that when we went to school dogs went to dog school to learn to speak and read— Matt
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- I BELIEVED THE TEACHERS COULD READ MY THOUGHTSAnon
- I used to believe that I would one day have a dog, and I would teach him to speak, read, and even write!— Gretchen
- I used to believe if you read a book in the dark, you would go blind.— Ellen