I used to believe that brains were a bunch of staples hanging on a rack in your head and when you needed to think or you touched something hot, the appropriate staple would flatten out and race down to the appropriate place, telling it what to do, i.e., "pull your hand away, quick, that's too hot!"
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that people's brains differed in colours. I always wanted purple brains for some reason.— Katrina
- When I was small, my brother would bug me and say that if my hand was bigger than my head, I had a tumor.Anon
- I used to believe that politicians actually ran (like in a race) for office.— m
- My mum used to tell me that cottage cheese was cows brains. I still ate it. — Justin
- my mum once told me if you picked your nose your brains came out!!!!— smiley : )
- if you pick your nose your brains will fall out!Anon