i used to think that telephone poles stored energy in them and whenever someone was working on them it meant the pole had run empty and they were filling it back up.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that telephone poles grew out of the ground.— Jennifer (the blonde)
- I used to believe a mile was the distance between telephone poles.— Allegra
- I used to believe pee was stored in your stomach and poo was stored in your back.— Rob
- For years and years I thought telephone poles grew.— Maureen
- I used to believe that all my energy "came from my nipples and my back" I literally said that to my parents.— Eleanor R
- I used to believe that the North Pole was the coldest place in the world and the South Pole was the hottest...— Logica