When I was little like 4, 5, or 6 I thought that you could stick the tape in the VCR and record something that you missed on TV. So I tried doing that once when I missed my episode of Arthur. So now in the middle of a Charlie Brown Christmas on video tape is Bill Nye the Science Guy talking about desert animals.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- My sister thought that she could video me by simply inserting the VHS tape into the VCR sideways.
Anon - My partner thought women used the brown packing tape as wax strips.— Helen
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- I used to put a camera along my fireplace on Christmas Eve in hopes to tape Santa.Anon
- Phil Collins song "I missed again" - I thought it was "I pis*ed again" - didn't realise he was an alcoholic?!Anon
- When I was little, I use to think if you missed a day of school, you would be arrested.— Kaity