when i was little my mother would tell me if, at the end of videos, when the television made that horrible prolonged beep, if i didn't turn off the TV RIGHT AWAY the tv would EXPLODE. haha on me.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I believed that if I didn't go to the bathroom quick enough, I would actually explode.— Coco S.
- When I was young, I thought that when you turn the blinkers on in the car, it made the car turn.— Cassidy
- I used to think all television shows were made at the tv station on the hill of my home town. — Monique
- I though the "D" written in "Walt Disney" on some videos was actually a backward "G".
— A. Nonymous - when i was little i used to think Americas Funniest Home videos was fake— wendy
- I used to think the old BBC logo that was on one of my videos as a child was evil and wanted me to be dead.— tanukibear