We had a juvenile detention center right down the road from my house, and my father used to say that they'd send me there if I was bad. I'm not sure if I ever wholly believed this, but it sure looked like a cold and scary place. I really didn't like the idea.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- I thought you were supposed to drive down the center of the road.— Cassiopeia
- We didn't have a chimney in our house. Father Christmas had to come in through the letter box.— Ginnean
- I used to believe my father when he told me that if I sat on cold concrete I would get hemorrhoids.Anon
- I always believed that we lived in Manchester (we didn't) but it was always the main place on the local news!— Richard M
- I used to believe that water towers were detention centres for naughty dolphins— Ian
- I used to believe green houses were made of icicles, because that is what they looked like from the road. Anon