Before I could really read, a "Fire House" sign was misinterpreted as "Free House". I never thought about it again until Middle school, and realized it wasn't for poor people to live in.
A childhood belief about road signs
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a brothel was where poor people used to go to get free broth.— Rob. UK
- I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon
- I used to believe that santa came to your house at a different time depending on where you live.
— santa 1:00 am - I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- WHEN I WAS FIVE I THOUGHT DEAD PEOPLE
JUST GOT THRONE IN THE BIN AT THERE HOUSE.— JESSELEE GWYNNE (VICTORA) - A billboard sign read: Moonshine kills.
I thought being caught outside by the moon would kill me. Humph.Anon