I used to ask how shoes became untied and my parents explained that it was ants who untied them while I was walking. Well after that I would always be checking my shoes for ants on the laces and I could never find them. I just thought they were very sneaky.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- My older brother used to tell me that if I "untied" it, I'd fly around the room like a balloon. — Gullible youth
- Thank you to the person who said that red ants don't eat flesh. I always thought they did! — Lola***Rose
- when i was little thought that ants changed traffic lights from green to red and vice versa.Anon
- When I was young, I thought that rice was actually ants eggs! Didn't stop me from eating it though (: -@— Doh!
- I used to believe that Marmite was made of ants...— Tam
- I used to think that the gas meter made antsAnon