i used to get 'prosecuted' and 'persecuted' mixed up all the time, so i figured the signs in stores that said "shoplifters will be prosecuted" meant the store owner was going to take anyone he found stealing stuff out back and shoot him!
A childhood belief about reading
others believed things like this
- when I was younger I used to believe that prosecuted meant that you would be killed!— tony
- i thought the for sale sign buy owner things meant that u could also buy the owner — brandi
- Having seen enough red octagonal STOP signs in my time, I used to look out for green circular GO signs.— Gary
- I used to belive that, when a store held a "liquidation sale", all the unsold stuff would be melted down.— Marty
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that the "ped x-ing" signs meant "pediatrician crossing."— Jessica
- I thought the "To Let" signs on buildings meant they were public toilets.— Scottish Laddie