When I was little, my mom told me that if you litter, then you were a "litter bug." I actually believed that you turned into a giant fly if you littered! Needless to say, I never littered again.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- When I used to see a sign saying "Littering Fine" I thought they meant if you littered REAL GOOD!— Lou V.
- No littering $500 fine
I better litter so I don’t get fined!!Anon - When my daughter was 3, she saw a cat using a litter box. She thought it was building a sand castle.— Debbie the Bad Swimmer
- When I was little, I believed that aeroplanes were sent into the air by giant slingshots.— Now I Know Better
- My mum told my brother that beetroot turned your wee pink. To this day he still won't eat it— Monica
- when i was little, my mom told me if you ate to much salt, you'd wake up turned into a lamb. — Kristina