I used to believe that telephone operators were surgeons who had to answer a few telephones that were stationed around the OR, while simultaneously performing surgery.
A childhood belief about telephones

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that stars chirped because they would twinkle simultaneously to crickets chirping— alex
- last time when the television was on i thought the people were performing in it -.-
— irritated kid - When it rained, it rained all over the planet simultaneously— Artgoober
- I used to believe that you could pass things down the telephone.Anon
- I used to think that everyone had a little person just like them that all lived in the telephone.— Jenni
- I used to believe that telephone poles grew out of the ground.— Jennifer (the blonde)