My older brother once told me that if you put your socks on the wrong feet that the police would come to arrest you and throw you in jail forever. So each morning I would have to ask my mum which foot each sock would go on because mum knows everything. This continued for months until I was getting ready for school one day and I realised that I had put on odd socks! I spent ages crying to my mum that "I don't want to go to jail" and "don't let them take me away" for her to realise that my brother was sat on the sofa sniggering and that maybe the two were related... (He always was a little sod)
A childhood belief about police
others believed things like this
- When I was a kid my dad told me that in a package of socks there was a right sock and a left sock.— Christina
- When I was younger, I thought my brother kept eating my dirty socks, and that's why his feet smelled.— Kail
- my mum told me when i was 11 if i swore the police would take me to jail. — tg in blue
- I used to believe if I am naughty, a policeman would come get me and throw me to jail!— Melody
- When i was little, i believed that if you slept with socks on, your feet would fall off.Anon
- I wouldn't wear stripy socks because I used to believe the stripes dug into your feet— Shirley Reeves