I used to believe that American football was just men racing each other back and forth on a field and the numbered lines told them where to stop. I figured they threw the ball around to each other so they wouldn't get bored just running back and forth all day.
A childhood belief about sport

others believed things like this
- "mom can you getu ball back for me? "Sure I'll bring it to you in a jiffy." "What's a jiffy?"— A
- I used to think that board games were called bored games because you play them when you're bored.Anon
- I used to think volleyball was actually called "ball-y ball"Anon
- I always used to think that Ozzy Osbourne was a racing driver!
Anon - I used to think that my father pedaled fastly when the car was racing through the countrysideAnon
- when i was a kid i used to believe that the water drops was racing on the window when it was raining outside — Emeline