i used to think that if you left the TV on all night it would explode. it wasn't until i was about 6 or so when i was watching TV with my grandmother that i dared to ask what would happen. where i got that idea i'll never know.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- i thought that if you held in your fart you burp if you happen to hold both in you explode!— ahh!
- The sea was there because I left a tap dripping all night.— wolfie
- When I was about 6 or 7, I had an imaginary friend, who left for ice-cream one night. He never returned.— His name was Jimmy
- i used 2 believe when i left my closet door open at
night a skelleton would pop out and wave at me— bex - i used to think that it you kept the volume off on the teleivision set. it would explode.— kath
- If you don't eat Potato Croquettes in under 1 minute they explode.— Sarah