I used to think that you could get a tan if you turned the oven on, opened the door and stood in front of it.
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- If you stood in front of the fire for too long your spine would melt!— Helen, Cumbria
- I used to wonder why the oven didn't set food on fire!— danielle
- i used to believe (because my dad told me so) that AM stood for "awful music" and FM stood for "fine music"— skydvgrl
- I used to believe you could pour lemonade in a pan, put it in the oven and make lemonade cake.— wumpmugg
- My sibs and I thought that the screen door was called the "scream door" so Mom could yell at us through it. — Kyle
- I used to believe that if I opened my eyes too much, they could pop outAnon