The TV said "we are having technical difficulties, please stand by." This meant the people watching TV should stand next to their TV.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to think that adam and the ants' stand and deliver was 'stand in your liver'.....— wook
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that when people died, they would stand up and walk to their own graves.— Mark (england)
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- When I was little, I thought that since boys stood up to pee, they could stand up to poop.— Lacey
- When I was a child I used to believe that stand up pianos actually told jokes as well as playing music.— L MAN