I used to think that if you watched tv close up for a very long time your eyes would actually turn square shaped, and that this had happened to people that wear square glasses! I was so relieved when my dad told me that it wasn't true!
A childhood belief about eyes
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- I used to be told that if you watched too much TV your eyes would turn square. — Amy
- If you look at a screen too long, your eyes will turn square.Anon
- i used to believe that i really would end up with square eyes if i watched too much tvAnon
- Huey Lewis's "Hip to be square" - in 3rd grade I could have SWORN it was "hit the beef square". ????Anon
- My parents used to tell me watching television turns your eyes square.— Ruth