When I was young and called a friend on the phone, I thought the busy signal would eventually turn into ringing. I waited and waited but always lost my patience before the busy signal turned to ringing.
A childhood belief about telephones

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the turn signal told my mom where to go.— Jenna
- the summer that I turned 11 I waited out side on the step all summer for my hogwarts letter... ;D — Ginny weasley... not really
- Whenever I went to bed, I use to believe that when i flicked my light on and off I would signal aliens. — Laura.
- when i was young i used to believe a wake was when you waited for the dead person to wake upAnon
- In childhood, I waited behind the theatre, after the Cinema, hoping to see the artists came out .
— mprnair. - I waited for the mail to come on my 11th birthday so that I could get my letter to Hogwarts... It never came.— Charlie