When I was younger, my father travelled a lot. He once told me that he was going to Blackpool. I thought that it was a pool that had got so dirty that the water had turned black and because nobody wanted to clean it, they made it a tourist attraction.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I believed that the Kreepy Crawlie used to clean our pool, would follow me around the pool and eat me. — Mother-of-2
- when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.— S
- i used to believe that the "coin wash" was to clean my dirty pennies.— rmutt
- When I was little, my dad told me that if you pee in the pool the water will turn purpleAnon
- When I was little, I thought that Water Towers were full of dirty laundry. Why? I dont know.Anon
- When I was younger, I thought my brother kept eating my dirty socks, and that's why his feet smelled.— Kail