I thought if 3 cards stopped at a 3-way stop sign then they had to stop forever until Christmas.
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway) - When i was little, I used to send Jesus birthday cards on christmas and thought he would read them in heaven.Anon
- i used to believe (when i was little) i could make the wind stop and start by saying, "stop" and "start"— Ali
- I thought that little tiny people changed the color of the stop lights.Anon
- My teacher held out a hand to say, "stop" but I thought she wanted a high-five.Anon
- When I was young, I thought that rice was actually ants eggs! Didn't stop me from eating it though (: -@— Doh!