once, when i was little, i always believed that an answering machine automatically knew what you wanted to say...
A childhood belief about telephones

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that our ansering machine was the washing machine and that it could talk
— tamara - When I got my feet measured by the electronic machine, I thought that the machine will squash my feet!— Helen
- When I was little I used to think that as soon as you were married the woman automatically got pregnant.Anon
- Once my mother told me that if i ate 2 apples in a day, i would automatically get diahrreah!Anon
- I used to believe that if you played the saxophone, you were automatically evil and/or shady/suspiciousAnon
- I used to believe that if I put my arm in the washing machine while it was going that it would rip off.— Hannah