when i was a kid, i believed the news far too literally. when the news reporter said "a man is helping police with their enquiries" i thought a nice bloke had gone to the police station on his day off, with notepad and pen, and said offered to carryout interviews.
A childhood belief about police
others believed things like this
- 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 was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon
- I wanted to be a police officer as a kid because I believe police officer's couldn't die.— Sam
- I believed Walter Cronkite knew everything, that's why they let him do the news.— Dixon
- I always believed that we lived in Manchester (we didn't) but it was always the main place on the local news!— Richard M