When I was a kid I thought that when a cop drove by you were supposed to call them a pig and oink at them and they didn't mind. One time a cop threatened to give me and my brother each a really big fine and we felt so bad that we didn't tell anyone for years.
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- My mom threatened that if I didn't eat all my vegetables that the police would come and arrest me.— Lisa T.
- My father used to call soya sauce "monkey blood". I didn't even consider tasting it for years!— Me
- I didn't mind eating lambs brains when I was a kid because I thought it would make me smart.Anon
- I didn't understand about boiled eggs until my Mum explained I wasn't supposed to eat the shell as well.— Chris
- I didn't know whether nail files were supposed to make your nails sharper or duller.Anon
- i thought that when it was your birthday you grow and then you didn't grow until a years time.— hello