One time when mom had dinner ready and she said to turn the TV off and come to the table, I remember thinking the TV would pause and I could come back to it later. (Way before Tivo!)
A childhood belief about tv
others believed things like this
- My mom was always talking about "making
ends meat" but I don't ever remember having it served at dinner!— John Stees - I would turn the lights off and then leg it up the stairs thinking a monster would be chasing me.Anon
- Mom couldn't understand why at dinner time I wanted Chicken Pox.— Kristin
- I remember thinking that non-English speakers were much smarter because they could speak "so much faster." Anon
- I remember thinking that the "Nude Furniture" store was some sort of naughty place. — Texas Rocky
- I used to think that girls' anuses were green. I remember thinking that as late as high school.— Jack