I used to believe that 'prosecuted' as in 'trespassers will be prosecuted' meant electrocuted. I always thought that it was so unfair, and that they should at least give you a chance to explain.
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- when I was younger I used to believe that prosecuted meant that you would be killed!— tony
- My dad told me that the reason Birds didn't get electrocuted on overhead wire was they had rubber feet!!— Derricki
- I thought Maria Carey's 1998 ballad was 'I'd give my arms' instead of 'I'd give my all'.— Briony Maggs
- i used to believe that if i was good at school, i had a chance of becoming the queen????— donia
- I believed you could dry your hands with hot water, until i got a chance to try it.— A A RENN
- I used to believe that the lyrics to Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" were "You give love a Band-Aid".Anon