My mother told me that my eyes would become square with watching too much TV. Every night before I went to bed, I used to pull the skin round my eyes just to make sure they hadn't gone square.
A childhood belief about eyes
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- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- My parents used to tell me watching television turns your eyes square.— Ruth
- I used to be told that if you watched too much TV your eyes would turn square. — Amy
- i used to believe that i really would end up with square eyes if i watched too much tvAnon
- If you look at a screen too long, your eyes will turn square.Anon
- Huey Lewis's "Hip to be square" - in 3rd grade I could have SWORN it was "hit the beef square". ????Anon