i was around 6 when i developed a paranoia about t.v. screens. i thought i would die instantaniously if i licked it.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that people dream because they have little TV screens on the inside of their eyelids. — Ingrid
- I used to believe that if you licked ice-cream, it would never finish. Anon
- I used to believe that a cow-lick meant that a cow had licked you when you were a baby.— Lindsay
- When my daughter was small she developed tonsillitis but she told everyone she had "tongues and lighters"— Jeannie Bee
- We had an antique lamp that I thought was hideous and for years I thought "Art Deco" was a synonym for ugly.Anon
- When I was younger I thought MTV was an x-rated station because I thought M stood for Mature.— Aeris