i used to believe that the signs of slippy roads meant that there were some lost handbags and that you should return them to the sign so that they could be picked up by thier owners. i found out latter it meant 'slippy roads'
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the Do Not Pass signs on the roads meant you were'nt aloud to pass the sign. I was 14.Anon
- i used to believe that the signs for curvy roads were for snake crossingsAnon
- I used to believe that the "no outlet" sign on roads was a warning to people driving electric cars.— c
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I used to believe that the lines on roads were for motorcycles to drive on.— Downes
- I used to think oil patches on the roads was dead rainbows— Si