in the street

I used to believe that every time I saw a "To Let" sign, for example on a patch of land for sale, that it was a toliet advertisement but they had lost the "i". I was very confused when driving to my grans one day which was a 40 minute journey through the country that we passed thirty three toilets!!!

Kelly

I used to think that when you put a letter into a postbox that there was a huge conveyer belt underneath that took it to your door during the night. I thought tis because my dad told me when I was 5

London Bob

Here in the UK, there are posts on the streets which tell the fire services the location of the nearest hydrant. They are yellow, with a black 'H' on it. Above and below the 'H' are numbers (I still can't work out what they tell you exactly - perhaps 'x' metres along and 'y' metres out?). I always thought that they told the fire brigade where the NEXT fire would be, to help them get there quicker. Well it seemed sensible to me!

Alasdair

i used to beleive that there was a man in the traffic lights that changed the colours.until one day i saw a crash where a car knocked over the traffic lights i ran over to see if the man was okay but instead i found metel and wires

lois rules earth (its true)

My girlfriend and I used to believe, that if u didn't jump off the escalator 6 feet before the end you would be sucked up.

Anon

I used to believe that fire trucks were filled with water.

Renee

I usd to believe that at restaurants that had a BYO sign out the front, you had to "bring your own" meal.

Fiona

I used to believe that the airport radar light which can be seen in the night sky, was to help locate children lost at the industries fair.

Jaybee

if you stepped on a crack you married a rat, and tho it was not true i still would not step on any cracks on the pavement!

Lia I

A very young child i was convinced if you stepped on a crack in the footpath you would blow up!!! In fact it is probably my earliest memory....

The silly thing is that now at 25 i still dont step on cracks - just habit now i guess.

Danie

I used to think that between about 8 to about 5 in the afternoon, the streets and highways were completely empty because all the kids were at school and all the parents were at work. I always thought the world was split up into parents and kids, it never occured to me that the world is full of all kinds of people with different jobs and that traffic happens ALL the time almost every hour of the day!

Marcel

When I was little I thought
body shops were places to
work out.

ginny

I had a sister 4 years older then me and one time on a walk, she had me convinced that if I didn't drink the gutter water, I would die. She 'helped me' drink it by using a discarded Dixi cup spoon.

bluefish

I lived in Caerau(Ely)Cardiff until I was 7,but when I came of school age (5) the local catholic school was in North Ely(St Francis) which was a bit of a walk.This was the early 60's so my mother took me for the first few days & then it was deemed quite safe to go with the rest of the kids.There was a shop near my house called "The Hilldip".Anyway after school one day me & my friend,yes I'll name him Peter Cook,were walking home through a gully & I got bit by a dog,he told me(and we are both 47 now) that I would be dead by the time I reached "The Hilldip" I was 6 years old and I walked all around Ely that afternoon just to avoid that shop,just to stay alive,I live in another part of Cardiff now & so does Peter but the times I've driven past "The Hilldip" & shuddered,by the way Peter Cook still thinks its quite funny

Stephen Tyte

i used to live on an Armed Forces estate, and their was a Salvation Army store there. I had it in my head that the Salvation Army where a regiment in the Army, up to about 5/6 yrs ago. im 17.

Anon