When I was little I saw a TV program where a fire engine drove by a house, and a bit later the house catched fire. So I thought that your house can only burn if a fire engine first drives by your house.
A childhood belief about around the house
others believed things like this
- My uncle used to believe that he would grow up to be a fire engine or a tiger.
If only...— Josh Y. - Once I used to believe that a engineer is a person who drives railway engine.— Gaurav Jain
- I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon
- I used to be terrified of fire-flys because I believed they would burn if they landed on me.— kevin
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- I used to believe that firemen drove around in their fire trucks and started fires. I wondered why.— Albert