I thought the Operator lived inside the telephone.
A childhood belief about telephones
others believed things like this
- I used to think that everyone had a little person just like them that all lived in the telephone.— Jenni
- I used to think that in the song "Smooth Operator" they were saying "Schooooooool's not forever!"— Steph
- When I was a kid I was completely convinced that Sade's "Smooth operator" was "Ooh of the red eye".— Brookstar78
- I thought traffic lights were controlled by little men who lived inside them. Anon
- I always thought that a little person lived inside each mailbox waiting to take my letter to its destination.— Anne
- I always thought the connectors on the telephone lines were flying turtles.— Angie B