I still remember when I was a little lass in kindergarten and say the pledge, in the part "For which it stands," I thought it said "For witches stands." I imagined a bunch of little witches sitting down. Don't ask.
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A childhood belief about the pledge

others believed things like this
- I used to think "from which it stands" was "for Richard Stans".
— cobra - "...and to the Repulblic, sandwitches stands..."
— Shirley B. - for my first Internet year, i believe all the ".ca" sites stands for Calif State websites.— ray cheng
- When I was young,I used to believe all old people were witches..........— Baby
- If you don't smash egg shells witches use them as boats.— Sarah
- I used to believe that 3 witches lived in my stomache and I ate to feed them.— Meara