When I was really little and watching the Olympics opening cerimonies (sp?) for the first time, my mother explained to me that flame had been carried by an athlete on all continents. I pictured some poor runner carrying the torch all the way across his or her continent, and also thought they had to use foot-powered paddle-boats (like the kind we rented at City Park Lake) to get it across the oceans. It never occured to me to wonder how they ever started the the Olympics on time. I thought that was why it was only every 4 years.
A childhood belief about sport
others believed things like this
- I used to think everyone competed in the olympics.— jo
- that using athletes foot cream would instantly make me an athlete. — Kate
- At the time I thought the moon was made of cheese and with oceans of cheese— 123
- When I was 6 I used to believe my parents were watching me at school on TV. It explained a lot at the time!— opinionata
- I thought that islands and continents were floating rocks so you could swim underneath them.— Kat
- I don't know why, but for some reason I thought that blinking your eyes powered your speech.Anon