My dad told me that the government took his handprint as an outline for the red "stop" hand that came up when crossin the street. I'd always stop and tell my friends, "Look! That's my Dad's hand!"
A childhood belief about traffic lights
others believed things like this
- My teacher held out a hand to say, "stop" but I thought she wanted a high-five.Anon
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike
- I thought if 3 cards stopped at a 3-way stop sign then they had to stop forever until Christmas.Anon
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway) - i used to believe (when i was little) i could make the wind stop and start by saying, "stop" and "start"— Ali
- when i was 6 my mom told me that if you bit your nails a hand would grow in your stomachAnon