I used to believe that time zones were a gradual thing, and as you travelled towards one or another, you would go a few minutes ahead or a few minutes behind. So, when we travelled to my grandmother's house a half hour away, I would always think we were about 5 minutes ahead. It wasn't til I was about ten and somehow it came about me telling my mom that it was okay, we wouldn't be late because we gained 5 minutes on the drive over that I was set straight.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I thought the big hand was for the hour and the smaller one was for the minutes until i was in third grade.— Time Challenged
- I thought that a quarter hour was 25 minutes long, since a quarter was worth $0.25.— Crystal
- I used to believe that a quarter after the hour was 25 minutes after the hour because 25 cents = a quarter.— Marni
- I used to believe that I would be paralysed if I sat on the floor for more than 20 minutes— bittergrass
- If you eat 30 minutes before swimming, you will sink.Anon
- I used to believe that Andy Rooney, of 60 minutes, was my real father!— KM