When I was younger, and the stock market report appeared on the news, I thought "volume" meant how high everyone's television sets were turned up.
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when you turned up the volume on the T.V the people had to shout louder.— Tanana
- I used to think the people who appeared on television lived in it and if I broke it they would escape. — Malika
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- i used to think that it you kept the volume off on the teleivision set. it would explode.— kath
- I used to believe that when people talked about 4x4 trucks, I thought it meant all the wheels turned.
— tracy - When i was a child, i thought a flea market was where you bought fleas.— Vanessa