I used to believe that skyscrapers were actual people that went on top of tall buildings and scraped the sky because the people couldn't see out of the sky windows. No one ever told me that they weren't people but those really tall buildings and I had to find it out myself.
A childhood belief about landscape
others believed things like this
- That everyone had the same amount of skin and that short people were fat and tall people were skinny.Anon
- I once thought people would keep growing until they were as big as buildings if they didn't go to the doctor. — Tufty
- i used to think water towers were houses for really tall people. I thought they had big heads to.— Alyssa
- i used to believe that scaffolding was used to support buildings when they were having work on them.Anon
- I used to think 'To Let' on disused office buildings meant they were big toilets.— Tracey
- I thought the "To Let" signs on buildings meant they were public toilets.— Scottish Laddie