when i was little my mom told me not to touch anything metal when it was lightening out, because i could get electrocuted. i took this very seriously and wouldnt touch silverware or doorknobs for fear of being electrocuted. i finally realized that she meant metal things outside, not inside.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Metal music was when a bunch of people would bang metal together to make noise. Ha ha.— Kassandra
- My dad told me that the reason Birds didn't get electrocuted on overhead wire was they had rubber feet!!— Derricki
- I used to believe that If I stuck my finger really far inside of my belly button I could touch my insides.Anon
- When I was about 4 or 5, I used to believe that instead of bones, we had metal pipes. — TL
- I used to believe that water towers were giant metal spiders. Don't ask. — Goatgirl
- When I was a child, I thought that the Heavy Metal was Satanic music.Anon