I used to believe that there was something called the grammar police and if you say a lot of things wrong(like saying axe instead of ask), the grammar police will come to your house and give you a ticket for bad grammar. I got scared and tried not to make a mistake while speaking!
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- Until i was about 6, i used to believe that when the police gave you a ticket, it was a ticket to the movies!— mari
- 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 the police didn't know that we called them coppers behind their backs!— Chris
- I wanted to be a police officer as a kid because I believe police officer's couldn't die.— Sam
- When I was younger, my brother told me the police had an infra-red system and could see into everyones house.— Clare, Ireland