I was the oldest child and the only girl in a family with four children. We traveled across a certain road quite often with our parents. Along this road was a hand-painted sign that said "Fill Wanted", asking for people to dump unwanted rock and soil to fill in a low, wet area on someone's property. After passing the sign one day, my middle brother, who had recvently acheived the milestone of reading, asked, "WHO is Fill (Phil)???"
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- I used to believe the "Yield" from the road sign was somebody's name.— julia
- I thought the name Phillip was actually spelled "Fill Up"— Natasha H
- i always thought that a DEAD END sign
as where they put all the road kill.
— pav - I thought when you get married you have to fill out a form to get a baby and then you get one.— Danielle
- I used to think that we were breaking a law every time my mom passed a "Do Not Pass" sign on the road. — Kyra
- I used to think that my mom had to buy ice cubes from the store and bring them home to fill up the trays.— Shawna