A wicked co-traveller once told me when i was 3 years old that a stopped train would start again if you put your hand out and waved. I tried it then and it worked. 10 years later, i realized what a sucker he was..
A childhood belief about trains

others believed things like this
- My dad told me that when he was little, he thought the trees waved back and forth to make the wind blow.— casey
- My Mum told me if I ate too much toast I would get cancer! I couldn't eat it for years and years...— Pauliboy
- For years and years I believed that tuna must be really little fish because they came in such small cans!!— Gisela
- For years and years I thought telephone poles grew.— Maureen
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- I used to beleive in stores that were open 24/7 , that the people that worked there worked 24/7 nonstop.Anon