When I was little I thought that if you swam to long the water would suck up your youth and that was why your fingers got all wrinkly.
A childhood belief about swimming pools

others believed things like this
- Whenever my fingers wrinkled from staying in the pool too long, I thought I was aging faster.— The Mortal Elf
- I thought ducks couldn't fly - thats why they swam.— G
- I used to believe that old people were wrinkly because they spent too much of their life swimming— Amy
- When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.— Salma
- My mom thought "euthenasia" meant Asian kids.(youth in Asia)— Ibelievedher!
- I used to believe that i swam more than 2 hours I would become a mermaid.— M11cazares