Whenever we drove by the flashing red light from an antenna my dad said it was taking a picture. He always told me to smile. I use to smile for years until I figured it out. Still whenever I think about it when I see one I laugh snd still smile.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- My friend believed that when lightening flashed, you better smile because God was taking your picture! — Linda from Southern California
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon
- when i was young i thought god was a cloud, big white fluffy cloud floating around with 2 eyes and a smile. — kerrie
- I used to think that the sound made from airplanes flying over me was the antenna scrapping across the sky.— Richard J Brown
- Once, at night time, I saw the flashing lights from an aeroplane and I thought it was a UFO.Anon
- I used to think that when people were taking their contacts out that they were taking their eyeball out :) — Jen