The clear tape dispenser on my 1st grade teacher's desk fascinated me. Since we didn't have a tape dispenser at home, I didn't know how they worked. So I surmised that the tape dispenser itself was what created the tape - out of thin air and in unlimited amounts. I begged my parents to buy me a tape dispenser because I had so many ideas of things I could make if I had unlimited tape. My hopes were crushed when I eventually witnessed my teacher opening the dispenser, throwing out the empty tape spool, and putting in a new one.
A childhood belief about around the house
others believed things like this
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- I used to put a camera along my fireplace on Christmas Eve in hopes to tape Santa.Anon
- I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon
- I used to believe that a person could fix ANYTHING with Scotch tape.— Felix
- My partner thought women used the brown packing tape as wax strips.— Helen
- My sister thought that she could video me by simply inserting the VHS tape into the VCR sideways.
Anon