I used to believe that if you sat on the arm of the chair/sofa it would break and you would fall off, through the floor and into the sea.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to believe you could live down the back of the sofa...— Big Pete
- the dance settee seems to be very popular... I'm another one who thought of Jesus dancing on a sofa....Anon
- I thought if you trip and fall down you fall at the speed of light!— Dietrich Corby
- when i was little i believed that if you got three speeding tickets that you went to the electric chairAnon
- i usd to believe that if i put a balloon on a lawn chair that i could float up in the sky and around the worldAnon
- I used to think that if a mirror with me in it breaks, I break.Anon