My little brother, when we read about the guy who played the purple TeleTubby gettting fired. He asked what that meant and my dad said "It's when you get sacked". SO he proceeded to reply "So they put him in a bag and shot him?"
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when you were fired, you were shot.— Murray
- My daughter used to believe that when someone is fired from their job, it meant it literally.— Sally's mommy
- I thought "deployed" meant "fired".Anon
- I used to think that being fired meant they set you on fire.
Or they just chopped off your head.Anon - My big brother told me that if you peed in the pool, it would turn purple and chase you.— Elizabeth
- I used to believe that guns shot out blood because everytime somebody shot a gun in a movie you saw blood.Anon