When I was little I liked to put up the red flag on the side of a mailbox (I was easily amused), until one day my dad told me that if I put up the little red flag again the mailbox would explode. After that, every time one of my parents would put it up I would scream and run away.
A childhood belief about in the street
others believed things like this
- I always thought that a little person lived inside each mailbox waiting to take my letter to its destination.— Anne
- I used to believe that a football ref's flag was a banana peel.Anon
- I used to believe New Zealand and Australia were part of the UK because they have a UK flag on their flags — H
- My brother once told me that if you burp and fart at the same time, you'd explode— Aubrey
- I used to believe that you would explode if you drank cola and ate pop rocks at the same time.Anon
- my mom told me that if i held in too many farts, i would explode. i took it seriously.— ginger