I used to think that when the television station was having problems and they played the comericial that said 'Please Stand By' that you had to stand by the television. So, I did.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to think all television shows were made at the tv station on the hill of my home town. — Monique
- I used to think that adam and the ants' stand and deliver was 'stand in your liver'.....— wook
- I used to believe that I could jump through the television and be where the people were on television.— Ash
- I used to believe that the people inside the television could see you. Anon
- I used to believe that someone, somewhere in the world was watching me on their television.— Liz
- I used to believe the people of television were talking to me alone !— Margaux, a French student in eighth grade