when I mentioned that (american) football fields looked so much bigger on TV, my dad told me that it was because professional football used 4-foot yards. I believed him until I was 16.. after all, there's a five-quart imperial gallon.
A childhood belief about sport
others believed things like this
- When I was little, I used to believe that football players really had shoulders that big.— Angie
- I used to believe that a football ref's flag was a banana peel.Anon
- When I was a kid, I used to think that the only way you could play football was if you had giant shoulders.— Sam
- I used to think that the Hunchback of Notre Dame was a football player.— Wendy
- I used to believe that a hat trick in football was achieved when a player scored a goal with their head!— Andy
- When I first heard Stawberry Fields Forever, I misheard the lyrics as Strawberry Fields For Trevor.— Matt