When I heard the word "Interpol" for the first time, I figured out it was some very important organization chasing criminals, but I was sure the "pol" stood for "Poland", not "police". Since I'm Polish, I was beaming "See? The bad guys in America fear OUR police!"
A childhood belief about police
others believed things like this
- When the police are talking about "rap sheets," I thought that the criminals were making rap music.Anon
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- I wanted to be a police officer as a kid because I believe police officer's couldn't die.— Sam
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally
- I used to think it was the United STEAKS of America and that cows must be really important in the U.S.— Jake