when i was a kid, i believed that there were little actors in video tapes. and when ever you stopped or paused the tape they would stop where they were and jus sit there, waiting for you to press the play button.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- My sister thought that she could video me by simply inserting the VHS tape into the VCR sideways.
Anon - I used to believe that inside each volcano there was a guy who'd press a button to make it erupt.— Jim, UK
- I used to think that babies were made when you press your mums belly button.
Then a baby would fall out— Chris Hyndman - I thought if 3 cards stopped at a 3-way stop sign then they had to stop forever until Christmas.Anon
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway)