I used to believe a second lasted longer than a minute When I was youger, my mom would always answer "just a second" or "one sec" when I called her or asked her for something. Her using the word "second" that way led me to believe that a second lasted the time it took for my mom to help me or listen to me (usualy 5 to 10 minutes). You can imagine how confused I was when a freind of mine told me there were 60 seconds in a minute. I firmly stood my ground and our argument only ended when I asked my parents how long a second was.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I thought that 1983 went on for 3 years - had to ask my sister who decided how long a year lasted.— Sally
- I used to believe that eg 1+1=11 and 2+2=22.
Luckily that only lasted until age 2 1/2.— Madi - I used to think all wars lasted only 4 years, like college or something. Anon
- I used to believe there were loads of Wombles, until about a minute ago...— Nat
- If you don't eat Potato Croquettes in under 1 minute they explode.— Sarah
- When I was a young boy I thought when we cried or when we laughed we won or we lost one minute of our life. — loulou83