When there was a problem with a TV station, the announcer would as everyone to please stand by... my brother and I would promptly get up and stand by the television set.
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
- I used to think all television shows were made at the tv station on the hill of my home town. — Monique
- 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)
- When I was little, I thought that since boys stood up to pee, they could stand up to poop.— Lacey
- 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