A childhood friend confessed to me that she used to think the stars in the sky were from a gigantic American flag that would cover the sun at night like a window shade. For some reason, only the blue starry part would cover her neighborhood but other places were covered by the red and white stripes.
A childhood belief about outer space
others believed things like this
- I use to cover my head at night because I thought monsters would give me a bad hair cut while I was sleeping!— Amy
- That the earth was inside a gigantic envelope, and the stars were pinholes in the envelope.— Kara
- I used to believe New Zealand and Australia were part of the UK because they have a UK flag on their flags — H
- I used to believe, the little round bandaids, were to cover bullett holes.Anon
- I used to believe when a radio anouncement for a club said "No Cover" that meant No Clothes.— Aaron
- I used to think that jewish men wore "kippots" or "yarmulkes" to cover their bald spots..— Charlotte