I used to believe that the words "which it stands" were actually "widget stands" I always imagined god presiding over this invisible outdoor market of merchants selling widgets. I wondered for a long time what a widget was. It took me 5 years to get the words right.
A childhood belief about the pledge
others believed things like this
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- I used to think "from which it stands" was "for Richard Stans".
— cobra - "...and to the Repulblic, sandwitches stands..."
— Shirley B. - for my first Internet year, i believe all the ".ca" sites stands for Calif State websites.— ray cheng
- I used to believe that all four-letter words are bad words.Anon
- My mom used to say that if I said bad words, poop would appear in my mouth— Nina