Sometimes, when my father was annoyed with me, he told me to "get off his case" about it. For a few years, I always responded "but dad, I'm not sitting on your briefcase!" (He had a briefcase that he took to work, and I thought it was the "case" that he was referring to!)
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- When I was little my sister told me that if I put a C.D. in the wrong case, it would mess up the C.D.'s songs.— Torrie
- when i was littel i thought that i coulnd shake the world case when i jumped and landed my vison shaked— Chorzo Ghost ( RuneScaper )
- I used to think that if a lawyer lost his case, he had to go to jail with his client.Anon
- I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon
- My nephew refuses to put his tooth under his pillow in case the fairy burns him with her wand.— Nina
- When I was little I would always say in my mind, "I know you can read my mind", just in caseAnon