Once, I sat behind a neon sign in a restaurant. It said "Fallon" on the back, which is the name of the company that makes the neon signs. I didn't know the name Fallon, so I thought it was pronounced "Fall on" and that it meant the sign would "fall on" your head.
A childhood belief about excursions

others believed things like this
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- when i was 4 or 5 i used to think neon sour gummy worms were real because they always twisted and turned— HUGBUG09
- I used to believe the Do Not Pass signs on the roads meant you were'nt aloud to pass the sign. I was 14.Anon
- I thought that the sign "!" meant: "look at the wonderful landscape"— Giorgos
- I thought that the "don't walk" sign at crosswalks meant to run across the street as quickly as possible!— richard
- When I used to see a sign saying "Littering Fine" I thought they meant if you littered REAL GOOD!— Lou V.