when i was little (elementary school) my friend would always call the operator for fun. she would say random things or hang up or try to start a conversation with them. i asked how she knew how to call the operator and she told me it was a long series of secret numbers only she knew. i was really upset and got mad at her for not telling me. i just found out this isnt true and im 15
A childhood belief about telephones

others believed things like this
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- When I was a kid I was completely convinced that Sade's "Smooth operator" was "Ooh of the red eye".— Brookstar78
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- i really thought that "key" was a secret letter to the alphabet that only i knew.— amber
- I never knew why boys had to lift up the toilet seat...until my friend told me that boys had bad aim.Anon
- I used to believe that numbers had gender, that the odd numbers were boys and even numbers were girls. — Evelyn