I used to believe that the numbers zero on a digital clock meant time had vanished. Because there was no time, I was also non-existent. The only way to survive the zeroes was to sleep through them. I was really afraid when I woke up and the clock showed 22.00, or worse, 0.29, or the worst of all worst things... 0.00!
We had also a calendar made of blocks you turned to show the right date, day and months. They obeyed the same rule. I used to turn them such that they showed 0, 0, blank (for the day of the week) and May (the shortest name for the month, such that it showed a maximum of white). I guess I wanted to cure my fear, but it never worked. I looked at it for a few seconds and then ran away and refused to come in the same room as the calendar until someone changed the numbers.
My sister eventually convinced me. The zeroes on the clock are little rectangles made by LEDs and have nothing in common with the real time!
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that my brain worked like the inside of a clock. How the wheels cranked and turned.— Becky
- I used to believe that numbers had gender, that the odd numbers were boys and even numbers were girls. — Evelyn
- Once I told everyone that I saw a clock reach 1:60.— flojo
- i used to think that the world used to be black and white, cos that's what grandma's pictures showed me...— bgumm
- i used to belive that 1 to 10 were the only numbers and all others were made up.....— Eric
- This may sound absurd but I thought the numbers next to the Bible versus said what time the person said it at!— Biomeka