I came home from the first day of Kindergarten all excited. I told my mother that I hoped to hold the flag for the Pledge of Allegiance tomorrow because then my classmates would say "for Laura stands". You see, Richard got to hold the flag the first day and we said the pledge to him, "for Richard stands". Mom got me straightened out right away.
A childhood belief about the pledge
others believed things like this
- I used to think "from which it stands" was "for Richard Stans".
— cobra - I used to believe that the "Pledge" of Allegiance had something to do with our "Pledge" cleaner. — Pledge
- I thought the Pledge of Allegiance was "to the United Steaks of America," and that we were saying it to cows.— bessy
- I always thought that Little Richard was Cliff Richards younger brother— adam
- Until recently, my friend believed that Richard Starkey was the fifth Beatle.— Spook
- I thought the Virgin Islands were owned by Richard Branson until I was 24. — LJ