I saw a basketball game on TV and the announcer said, of the four teams in the playoffs, only TWO WOULD SURVIVE that day. I thought the players on the other two teams would be executed when they lost. I pictured trapdoors opening up on the basketball court to drop the losers to the depths of who-knows-where.
A childhood belief about sport

others believed things like this
- My dad told me that playing basketball makes you taller. Basketball players are tall, so I believed him.Anon
- I used to use the basketball pump in the air because I thought I was donating fresh air to the needy.— Emily
- i used to think that ozzy osbourne was a hockey player, and i thought michael jackson was a basketball player.— anastacia beeverhousen
- whenever the tv announcer said "brought to you", I thought it was one word - "brotue".Anon
- As a child I believed that when a person was fired from their job, they were executed on a firing range. — damien
- i used to believe "eaves drop" was actually "ears drop"— sophie