When I was around three, my dad would always joke that people weren't allowed to walk on logs that had drifted up onto the beach. He said that the log police would come and arrest us. Until about age 6, I believed that and spend my days terrified that I would be arrested for walking on logs.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- I believed as a child that the proper name for windscreen wipers was "lig-logs".— Ray
- I used to believe that if you did not keep your shoes tied, that the police would arrest you.— Kelly
- I used to believe police officers can't get arrested.— Anonymous
- If the lights in the car were on, you'd get arrested by the policeAnon
- My mom threatened that if I didn't eat all my vegetables that the police would come and arrest me.— Lisa T.
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon