I used to believe the line in the Pledge of Allegiance read ... and to the republic for Richard Stands... I'd ask my parents and teachers who Richard Stands was but nobody knew. It was such a mystery to me.
A childhood belief about the pledge

others believed things like this
- I used to think "from which it stands" was "for Richard Stans".
— cobra - I used to believe that the "Pledge" of Allegiance had something to do with our "Pledge" cleaner. — Pledge
- I always thought that Little Richard was Cliff Richards younger brother— adam
- Until recently, my friend believed that Richard Starkey was the fifth Beatle.— Spook
- I thought the Virgin Islands were owned by Richard Branson until I was 24. — LJ
- "...and to the Repulblic, sandwitches stands..."
— Shirley B.