when i was little, my mum told me that if i didnt jump at the top or bottom of an escalator i would gte sucked underneath. Even to this day i get off with a slight skip, just in case.
A childhood belief about going shopping
others believed things like this
- I used to belive that if you didn't step off the escalator in time you would be sucked into the mechanism.— Houdinia
- I used to believe that if I didn't jump off the escalator in time I would be chopped up like mince.— Jodie
- I thought the song Skip To My Lou was about skipping to the toilet.Anon
- My dad once told me when i was about 7 or 8 that if i watched too much t.v., i would be sucked into the tv.Anon
- someone told me that if u go to the bathroom on the toielt you would get sucked inn..— terrified child
- My sister told me once that if I sucked too much helium out of a balloon, my lungs would explode.Anon