When I was young, my mom used to tell me that if I watched too much T.V., my eyes would become square-shaped. As a result, whenever we watched T.V. I would be constantly running into the bathroom to check the shape of my eyes in the mirror!
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that i really would end up with square eyes if i watched too much tvAnon
- I used to be told that if you watched too much TV your eyes would turn square. — Amy
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire
- i used to believe that if you watched TV for a long time, your eyes would turn into squares.Anon
- I used to believe that if i watched too much TV my pupils would take the shape of squares— Tilda