I thought my mom was very special when she could predict commercial breaks on TV, only later did I realise that she would spot the tiny white square would appear in the top right corner of the screen when a break was due
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I always thought you could break through the tv screen and walk into whatever was on the screen at the time.— Linda
- I used to think that if a mirror with me in it breaks, I break.Anon
- If you look at a screen too long, your eyes will turn square.Anon
- Huey Lewis's "Hip to be square" - in 3rd grade I could have SWORN it was "hit the beef square". ????Anon
- When I was young I thought that a parking spot was a spot like a polka dot and not a space for a car.— Mina Tova
- that actors went to the toilet during the ad breaks.— ash