I saw a sign by a lake that said "No littering - $300 fine" I asked my dad what "fine" meant. He said it meant that if no one saw you littering, you were "fine" and didn't have to pay.
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- When I used to see a sign saying "Littering Fine" I thought they meant if you littered REAL GOOD!— Lou V.
- No littering $500 fine
I better litter so I don’t get fined!!Anon - I used to believe that a "No Loitering" sign was "No Littering", inexplicably spelled with a Brooklyn accent.— erin
- I used to believe ham came from hamsters. What's worse is I was totally fine with eating it!— Kara
- i used to belive that if you smashed your hand in a roller your bones would be fine but your arm would be flat— rap masta cheseepuff
- i used to believe (because my dad told me so) that AM stood for "awful music" and FM stood for "fine music"— skydvgrl