As I child I was terrified of holes. The slightest nail hole in the wall would keep me awake all night. Eventually my grandfather covered all the holes with duct tape, because NOTHING can get through duct tape.
A childhood belief about around the house
others believed things like this
- 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 tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon
- When I was a child I used to believe that stars were holes in the sky & we could see heaven shining through— June
- I used to believe that a person could fix ANYTHING with Scotch tape.— Felix
- I used to put a camera along my fireplace on Christmas Eve in hopes to tape Santa.Anon
- My partner thought women used the brown packing tape as wax strips.— Helen