My parents took us children for a drive and I saw this sign on a building that said, "Flea Market". I kept asking my parents,"why do people want to buy fleas?" I never got a reply, or an explaination! It wasn't until I was an adult that I found out that a "flea market" was used goods sale.
A childhood belief about going shopping
others believed things like this
- When i was a child, i thought a flea market was where you bought fleas.— Vanessa
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- I used to believe that flea markets were a place people sold fleas, or the place was infested with fleas— Kelley
- I used to think the Flea Markets actually sold fleas...Anon
- That flea markets sold fleas.— Sarah
- that when I grew to be an adult my parents would be children.— Rainbow