I was riding with my dad in his truck when I was 4. We hit a pothole and he exclaimed "You could lose a tire in that!"
I spent quite a few years terrified that potholes were very deep holes that our tires might just fall into.
A childhood belief about cars
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you point at somebody you make holes in the air and the fairys fall over— Bob #1
- I wanted to grow up and be a truck. Not a truck driver, a truck. Anon
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
- Whwn I was about 6 I used to think that if a crow bit you you would fall asleep for 100 years!— Lisa
- I used to believe that when you grow up, you lose your given name and become just Mr., Miss, or Mrs. Whoever.— Andrew Buc
- Whenever on of my parents let one lose, they would say, "Barking Spiders!"— Ginger