My friend's basement had loose shelves and if things weren’t on straight they would fall and crash. This is the reason we weren’t allowed in his basement as kids but no matter what his mom told him he was convinced that his dad had "untrained pokemon" down there and they were dangerous.
A childhood belief about basements
others believed things like this
- Up until I was about seven, I thought soda pop was alcoholic and that's why kids weren't allowed it.Anon
- My mum told my older brother that dogs weren't allowed in London.— Fiz
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon
- I used to think the word "european" had something to do with pee, and that kids weren't supposed to say it.Anon
- I used to think that adults spoke an entirely different language (not English) when kids weren't around. — Swordfish
- My sister told me that Fraggles lived in our basement. I used to sit down there forever so I could see them. — Suzie