We had a big old mixmaster that I used to help turn while the beaters whirred around. I believed that if you turned the bowl the opposite direction, the batter would unmix. I was afraid I'd get in trouble if I tried it.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I could kiss my elbow that I would turn into a girl (the opposite sex).— Rusty
- I thought that "Doube Bubble Toil and Trouble" was "Doube Bubble, Toilet Trouble" Anon
- When I was little, I used to think that whatever direction I was facing was north.Anon
- I used to believe that the opposite of “impressed” is “pressed.”Anon
- I used to believe that the Super Bowl was a bowling tournament.— Angela
- To clean the goldfish you put washing up liquid into its bowl.— Sev