When I was little I called a radio show to request a record for my mum. I got the busy signal but I thought that if I stayed on the line, listening to the busy signal, that when the line was free, I would be put straight through....I was on the phone for HOURS!!
A childhood belief about telephones

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the turn signal told my mom where to go.— Jenna
- Whenever I went to bed, I use to believe that when i flicked my light on and off I would signal aliens. — Laura.
- I used to believe that a "punch line" meant a line of people waiting to dip punch from a punch bowl.— Sheila
- When listening to the radio in the mornings I felt sorry for singers they had to come and sing that early. — Tereza
- When I was in kindergarten, I thought the last line of "America" was "Great God our kid." — CC
- When I first heard Matt Monro's song "Born Free," I thought he was singing "Porn Free."Anon