My mother had been given directions to a house she had never been to before, with one of the directions being "look for the glow-in-the-dark sign" (which, the author of the directions meant to be a "reflective" sign)...I spent the entire hour long trip so excited to see a sign that would glow in the dark...grrr...
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- my best friend was so pale i thought she could glow in the dark— tattiebird
- i used to think that eating carrots would make your eyes glow in the dark— nik
- I thought that the sign "!" meant: "look at the wonderful landscape"— Giorgos
- my mom believed when she was little that a street sign that said don't walk meant you better run.— Sara Mclen
- I used to believe a dead end sign meant there was a graveyard at the end of the street or zombies — Still Out There