My mom used to aways say if I lost something it would "turn up sometime". I never seached for anything I couldn't find because I figured when it was ready to be found it would turn up out of the carpet in our living room.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- i used to believe if i eat fish it would turn my stomach into a fishtank and make me turn into glass.Anon
- When I was young, I thought that when you turn the blinkers on in the car, it made the car turn.— Cassidy
- I used to turn the TV off when I left the room so I didn't miss anything.— S.Lee
- I couldn't wait to turn 20 so I could go through the Roaring 20's and be a flapper like my Grandma.— Susan Bonnell
- I used to believe the living room furniture would party after we all went to sleep.— Ellen
- I used to believe hat the news readers could see into my living room so i sed to undress behind the couch.— henri