When I was just learning to read and riding in the back of my parents car, I would get so nervous when we'd pass the signs reading "Picnic Area Ahead". I read it as "PANIC Area Ahead"! I thought that was where you were supposed to pull off if you were in a panic out about something!
A childhood belief about road signs
others believed things like this
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon
- When I first started learning to read I was convinced that vowels were called barnacles.— Andy Howell
- I used to believe that north was always straight ahead. I could never face south, but I knew it was behind me!— Bruces
- I used to believe the Do Not Pass signs on the roads meant you were'nt aloud to pass the sign. I was 14.Anon
- Well into adulthood I thought that a local anesthetic meant one from the area near the hospital..— D'sparil
- When I was around four,I used to think when it rained in my area,it rained over the WHOLE world too...Anon