When I was little, I noticed that when the other person hung up, there would be a series of beeping sounds followed by a whine. I'd freak out because I thought that meant the phone would explode if I didn't put it back onto the receiver pronto.
A childhood belief about telephones
others believed things like this
- i thought that soft drinks in America would explode in a person's mouth bocause they call it 'pop'.— Aussie!
- I use to beleive that because oui (which sounds exactly like wee) mean yes in french, that poo meant no.— Toby
- I always thought that my relatives were really tiny, and inside my phone when I talked to them on the phone.Anon
- Apparently from seeing EKG's on TV, my daughter believes people die when their heart stops "beeping."— Jager
- When my brother was little he heard the song "Le Freak" by Chic (Ahhh, freak out!) like this: Ahhh, free cow!Anon
- When I was little, I believed that if I didn't go to the bathroom quick enough, I would actually explode.— Coco S.