When angry with my mother, I would hold my thumb close to one eye and close the other. Voila, Mom disappeared!
A childhood belief about eyes
others believed things like this
- My mother told me that if I lay too close to our electric radiator (heater) my brains would melt.
— robyn c. - I used to think that if you don't close your eyes while you sneeze YOU DIE!!!!— Nutter
- I used to believe that big grasshoppers would spit tobacco at you if you got too close to them.— Uni
- I used to believe that if you didn't close the toilet lid after flushing, you would get sucked down into it.— Maya
- I believed that leaves on trees only became individual when you you close to them, and then I got glasses.— nola
- I thought that I could get a suntan if I stood really close to a fire for long enough.— Mat