When I was four years old, they were still running those ads on TV for polio vaccinations. One of the ads had a string puppet dancing happily, and then a shadow appeared of a hand with a pair of scissors and cut one of the strings; the puppet's arm went limp. Then the shadow scissors cut another string, and another, and another, until the puppet was laying lifeless on the ground. After that, I didn't like going into my bedroom with the lights off, because I was afraid the shadow scissors would cut off my strings as well....
A childhood belief about adverts
others believed things like this
- I thought the song Shattered Dreams was acutaly "Shadow Dreams" and wondered what shadow dreams were— Golgademon
- I used to think cut and paste meant there were scissors and glue inside the computer!Anon
- I used to believe that I could outrun my own shadow!— Serge
- I used to believe my shadow was chasing me whenever I ran— Rose
- every time I see a shadow thats not mine I freak out because I think It's a vampire— Dalton Anderson
- When I was younger I used to believe that the darker your skin was, the dark your shadow would be.— Mary S.