I used to think that bowling pins were arranged in a straight line, due to the angle at which you could see them at the end of the lane.
A childhood belief about sport

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the line in the song "Life in the Fast Lane" was "Fights in the Bat Plane".Anon
- I used to think that the Eagle's song "Life in the Fast Lane" was actually "Pike in the Bass Lane."— Quilla
- I used to believe bobby pins were named after my father.— Erin
- Whenever I got pins and needles in my legs, I thought that woodlice where crawling around inside them!— squee
- I used to think making straight A's in school was literally writing A's straight. Anon
- i used to believe that the "fast lane" actually had some sort of tracks on it that made you go faster.— erin