When I was young, I was certain that inside every single stop light, a small man was sitting and waiting for the man watching the traffic in the pole to tell him it was time to change the lights. My dad had pretty good luck with the colors and was always singing at the light so I was pretty sure they liked his singing, now I'm constantly belting a good tune when I'm waiting on a rather lengthy light to change.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I used to beleive that little drawf men were inside each traffic light, making them change colors. — alisha
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I used to think that on day light savings time you had to stay up till 2:00am to change the clocks! — Sandy
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- I used to belive that there was a god living in every traffic light, controlling the traffic!— Sukhi