I thought that people only said, "Guess what?!" when delivering good news. So when Dad said, "Hey, guess what?! Eva broke her arm!!" (Eva is my friend and she's OK now, this was years ago), I was shocked at him and wondered why he thought it was good news that my friend broke her arm.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when people broke bones, doctors would give them a new part of the body they broke. — Kelly
- I thought that when you broke a bone, it broke completely off.— gin
- I used to believe that if you broke your arm, it broke off. And that if you got shot, you automatically died.— Mary Beth
- I used to believe that when you broke your arm or leg it actually broke off your body— MM
- I ues to believe that if I broke th TV the people would jump out and try to catch me.— Lazyj (K)
- When I was 6 or 7 years old, I absolutely believed that if a thermometer broke--the world would end. — Suzi