I used to believe that the handle above the door in most cars was to keep tornadoes from sucking you up if you held tight.
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I used to think that tornadoes were giant tomatoes that would sit on top of your house until everyone died.— Maggie
- I used to believe that tornadoes were spinning jack-o-lanterns in the air bent on destroying my house.Anon
- I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- I thought small cars grew up to become big cars— carhugger
- I used to believe that God was the one playing "cars" with our cars. Sounds weird hey?— Roe
- I thought that people were like cars because cars have exhaust pipes, and people fart.— Matt