One night late on my mum decided to vacuum the lounge. My sister told my brother and I that she was doing so because it was Hoover McDonald Day; and that if we went to anyone elses house right at that moment we'd find all the mums doing the same
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- First I believed that my parents were brother and sister. Then I thought that my dad was also my mums dad. — Rainbow
- When I was in kindergarten, I used to believe that they locked the teacher's in the teacher's lounge at night.Anon
- i used to think that vacuum cleaners had little piece of space inside them because space is a vacuumAnon
- I long believed that Ronald Reagan was Ronald McDonald's brother. And I thought it made him more impressive!— JB
- I used to believe that the teacher's lounge was where the teachers went to make out.— Julia
- When I was younger, my brother told me the police had an infra-red system and could see into everyones house.— Clare, Ireland