I used to believe that 'prosecuted' meant the same as 'exterminated', so the signs on the wall of our local cricket ground; 'Trespassers will be prosecuted' scared me to death. I thought there were daleks in there...
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- when I was younger I used to believe that prosecuted meant that you would be killed!— tony
- I used to believe that Jiminy Cricket was a grasshopper because I had never seen a green cricket.Anon
- I used to beleive that road signs grew out of the ground.— Tiana
- I thought exterminators were Daleks.Anon
- Well into adulthood I thought that a local anesthetic meant one from the area near the hospital..— D'sparil
- I thought the "To Let" signs on buildings meant they were public toilets.— Scottish Laddie