From the time I was a toddler I believed that all law enforcement was carried out by "The Man". This was, in no small part, due to whenever I did something publically unacceptable (sticking my hands or feet outside an amusement park ride, making noise in a restaurant, refusing to let go of a toy in a store) my parents would indicate the ride operator, manager, or security guard and say "The Man will make you leave," "The Man doesn't like that," and the ever-popular "The Man would have to take you away". For too long I was convinced that anyone with a uniform and a gun or just a cheap twenty cent badge was "The Man."
A childhood belief about police
others believed things like this
- there's such thing as "soul-security"( social security )
because of the way my stupid parents pronounce it— elizabeth - Maryland was actually a huge amusement park, i.e. Merry-Land, like Disneyland. — Julianne
- I used to believe that you had to sit in the splitz to ride a kayak! — Anna
- When I was a kid I was completely convinced that Sade's "Smooth operator" was "Ooh of the red eye".— Brookstar78
- The Beatles song "Ticket to Ride" always came out "She's got a tick in her eye."— Kurt
- i used to always wonder how one national guard could always guard the entire nation.— karen ellis