I used to believe that if a burgular broke into your house you could easily persuade him to have a seat and wait while the police were called.
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the police didn't know that we called them coppers behind their backs!— Chris
- If someone broke into my house at night my ninja turtles would come to life to protect me.— blip
- When I was younger, my brother told me the police had an infra-red system and could see into everyones house.— Clare, Ireland
- I used to believe that when people broke bones, doctors would give them a new part of the body they broke. — Kelly
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon