My uncle once told me that little green men live inside a dish washing machine and clean your dishes when it is on. I would sit infront of the dishwasher till it's done to try and see the little green men, but as soon as I opened the door they would all go back into hiding.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- When I was young I used to believe that when it is raining God is crying or washing dishes.Anon
- My visual representation of GOD was Mr Clean wearing a white robe... but his skin was a green/yellowish color.— Ryan Williams
- i used to believe that our ansering machine was the washing machine and that it could talk
— tamara - My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon
- I used to believe that if I put my arm in the washing machine while it was going that it would rip off.— Hannah
- I believed you had to color all the dinosaurs in coloring books green because all the dinosaurs WERE green.— Betty