When I was little I had a tape recorder that I would listen to at night. When it got to the end of a tape, it jammed up sometimes and made a loud chattering sound. I took this to be teeth chattering, and imagined that a skeleton lived under my bed(I had a waterbed, so I don't know how he got underneath, but he did.) Then I got an idea that made me feel better. I knew that cartoons were a lot of drawings played at high speed, so I figured all TV was made this way. The skeleton started living inside the TV and 'changing the papers' so we could all watch the TV set...
A childhood belief about tv
others believed things like this
- That a satchel was a skeleton, and I would have to wear a skeleton on my back for school!Anon
- I believed that linguini was made of tape worms and was scared to eat pasta for a long time!— Mojo!
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- I used to believe that the sound of crickets at night was the noise the stars made when they sparkled. — Jane
- I used to think eyedust was made by people who lived in your eyes and made buns.— The world looks to me.
- I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon