My parents tried to keep me out of the basement, and therefore they invented the "Sausage Man" and the "Fish Minister". How did they come up with that? Don't ask me.
Anyway, they just made the names, and the rest was up to my imagination. The Sausage Man was kinda like a lumberjack, except he carried an axe and a garden hose. He was the scariest one. The Fish Minister was more sophisticated, wearing a completely white suit, and he also had a nice little mustache. He also carried a frozen fish. Nevertheless, he was scary too.
I was always afraid of the basement because of that. I especially hated leaving the basement, since I couldn't see what was behind me, and I often ended up walking backwards all the way. Much to my dismay, my parents put all the good stuff in the basement, like ice cream, the aquarium, rollerskates, etc. Still, after many years I had developed some techniques, and I could run down, grab some ice cream and sprint back up again in what's probably a record time.
The Sausage Man and the Fish Minister haunt me to this day.
A childhood belief about basements
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- i used to believe the white part in fish meat is because of the fish's milk— Kim
- I thought a Prime Minister was some kind of religious leader, due to the "Minister" part— Darth Carrietta
- I used to believe that a fish cake was a fish in sponge and coated in icing. I believed this until I was 9.Anon
- Burned fish fingers ment the fish was from the black sea.Anon
- i used to believe that scampi was fish toes instead of fish fingers....Anon