i used to believe that if you watched TV for a long time, your eyes would turn into squares.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- I used to believe that if i watched too much TV my pupils would take the shape of squares— Tilda
- I used to be told that if you watched too much TV your eyes would turn square. — Amy
- If you look at a screen too long, your eyes will turn square.Anon
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J