I used to think that when someone was read the "Riot Act" that a policeman would pull a little card out of his pocket and read it to the bad person, like a Miranda warning.
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- I thought a Debit card was actually called a Debt card.— Kilgore
- I BELIEVED THE TEACHERS COULD READ MY THOUGHTSAnon
- I used to believe that I would one day have a dog, and I would teach him to speak, read, and even write!— Gretchen
- I used to believe if you read a book in the dark, you would go blind.— Ellen
- i thought grown ups read in a different language!Anon
- I used to believe...If you ate sunflower seeds you could read somebody's mind...LOLAnon