There was this 'bad' kid in my neighborhood who would always give this huge fake smile and wave at passing police cars. When I asked her why, she said "If a kid waves at the cops, they HAVE to wave back, or they lose their jobs."
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- I thought a tidal wave was acutualy a title wave because if the wave was big enough it had its own title!— Nate
- i used to believe that if u looked out of an aeroplane u could see god and he would wave at you
— georgina - i thought it was a law that bus drivers had to wave to each other when they passed— ande
- Backstreet Boys - I want it that way? I heard "I was born on a tidal wave— gembop
- I believed everytime the toilet flushed a wave broke on a beach— Jenelle
- i used 2 believe when i left my closet door open at
night a skelleton would pop out and wave at me— bex