My mom sewed lots of my clothes and the sewing machine didn't always cooperate. She called the bobbin "a bitch". Needless to say I gave my 4-H leader quite a surprise when I correcteed her!
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that England was shaped like a Sewing Machine Box, Germany was a Smiling Sun. Anon
- i thought an ATM machine was something which gave free money!!— Armani
- i used to beleive that a comdom machine would stop you getting pregnant. Not the condoms. the actual machine.— Mr scared-of-swimming-pool-changing-rooms.
- I used to believe that babies came out through the mother's belly and they sewed up the stomach afterwards.— Lucy
- i used to believe a dildo was a thing that people sewed on when their thingy fell off.Anon
- i used to believe that our ansering machine was the washing machine and that it could talk
— tamara