When I was little, adults used to tell kids that if you pulled a funny face and the wind changed direction, you'd be stuck like that forever. I believed that for years!
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- If you pull a funny face, the wind will blow and it will get stuck.Anon
- I used to believe that if the wind changed when you were pulling your face that you would stick like that— Farino
- If you pulled a face, and the clock struck on the hour, your face would stay in that position.— Jo V...NL
- I believed we were little kids till we were 17, and at our 18th birthday we woke up as adults.— Hoppip
- if you cross your eyes and there's a gush of wind, you'll get stuck like that !!— Olivier
- My dad used to tell me that Hostess Snowballs were only for adults. I believed him for many years— Jamie