In the days before cable, when the TV signal would fail, local stations used to put up a placard that read, "Please Stand By, Technical Difficulties." I used to think I had to get up from the couch and go stand by the TV to help the signal come back. I did it for months until I surprised my family with my trick. I was a little insulted they didn't want to help.
A childhood belief about tv
others believed things like this
- I used to think that adam and the ants' stand and deliver was 'stand in your liver'.....— wook
- I used to think that the turn signal told my mom where to go.— Jenna
- Whenever I went to bed, I use to believe that when i flicked my light on and off I would signal aliens. — Laura.
- I thought that days had 100 hours in them. Very surprised to hear there were only 24.— Cassiopeia
- Living near Canada's border without cable, I didn't know I was American. — Romania
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that when people died, they would stand up and walk to their own graves.— Mark (england)