When my mom would buy pillows or lawn furniture, there would be a tag attached to it, saying "Do not remove, under penalty of law". I thought that if I tore it off, an alarm would go off at police headquarters, and they would come to my house and arrest me. One time I actually tore one off, then went to my room and sat on my bed, waiting for the police to show up.
A childhood belief about police
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you did not keep your shoes tied, that the police would arrest you.— Kelly
- My mom threatened that if I didn't eat all my vegetables that the police would come and arrest me.— Lisa T.
- When I was five, I tried to report myself to the police because I'd drawn on the furniture.Anon
- 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
- i used to think that if i tore a dollar bill in half it would make fifty cents— stacy