I used to think that the word "statutory" refers to statues.
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- I thought that "statutory rape" were meant to rape a statue.Anon
- When I was 12 years old, I used to think that a statutory rapist was a rapist who rapes a statue.Anon
- I used to think that the wax statues at Madame Tussauds were made of recycled candles and crayons.Anon
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- I used to think the word fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m
- I used to believe that I actually invented the word "excellent".— poop jacket