From the time I was about 6 until I was about 20 I believed that it was illegal to cut the tag off of a pillow and that as soon as I did the police would knock on the door in a matter of minutes to take me to jail
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- my mum told me when i was 11 if i swore the police would take me to jail. — tg in blue
- I used to think that Legal and Illegal meant the same thing (illegal)— Dhruv
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- when I was little I believed that if I put a white stone under the pillow with my tooth I make more moneyAnon
- I wanted to be a police officer as a kid because I believe police officer's couldn't die.— Sam