When I was a kid living on the west coast I asked my dad how the tides happened. He said, when people in Asia go to the beach and get in the water, it's high tide here. When they get out, it's low tide.
A childhood belief about water
others believed things like this
- I used to believe you got high tides when the sea was full (I lived on the Thames, then) — rosy
- I used to believe Germany was in Asia somewhere near Russia.— It's in Europe!
- When I was young I used to believe that Euthanasia was a youth movement in Asia- how naive is that!!!— Ruth
- I used to believe that "euthenasia" was "youth in Asia", and I couldn't figure why that was A Bad Thing.— Kellye
- My mom thought "euthenasia" meant Asian kids.(youth in Asia)— Ibelievedher!
- For many years I didn't understand why everyone was talking about the 'youth in Asia' (euthanasia).Anon