Whenever the TV broadcasters had problems, a standard message would go up saying "technical difficulties, please stand by." I thought I had to get up and go stand by the TV. :-)
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
- When I was little, I thought that since boys stood up to pee, they could stand up to poop.— Lacey
- 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)
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon
- When I was a child I used to believe that stand up pianos actually told jokes as well as playing music.— L MAN
- if you stand on your nose and sing the blues you wont get hiccups for a month.Anon