When we had Computer class at primary school - someone told me that if you touched the red F1-12 keys, the computer would blow up! somehow it went round the whole school, and no-one would touch those keys! I still have a hard time today touching them!!
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I used to think that robbers had keys to every house and that's how they got in to take your stuff— Emma
- When i was younger i used to believe tha the cat gave Santa the keys to the house to get in !— Nikki Kellett
- i used to believe the sound from a piano came from the keys hitting a stuff called "sploosh"{wierd, huh?}.— exploding buttox
- When I was 7 my brother told me that when the space of the computer runs out it will explode.— Sam
- When I was at primary school I used to believe you could only marry someone who was the same height as you!— Lucy
- I used to pronounce the word "Computer" as "Crocuta"
Anon