When I was a child, living in Western New York State, our family drove up to Lake Erie every summer. We always passed a billboard that advertised DUTCH BOY PAINTS.It was a brand name. But I didn't realize that. I kept watching ahead, waiting, as I wanted to watch the little Dutch boy paint, in his funny cap, billowy blue pants, and funny little wooden shoes. We kept passing signs, but I never got to see the little dutch boy paint!
A childhood belief about adverts
others believed things like this
- I used to think that all Dutch people wore clogs and lived in windmills— American
- I used to believe that if you mixed red, blue, green, and yellow paint you'd get plaid!— Judith Ann
- My sister once asked her mother why she didn't paint her black....Anon
- No passing zones on the highway. How come we just kep passing those signs? — Colleen
- When I was little, I thought that clouds were made by someone spraying white spray paint onto air.— Hadla
- I thought that the jetstream from planes was white paint. Which was constantly poured out from the plane.— Tore