My mother always made me lock the car door. She would tell me if I didnt, then if I touched it, I would fall out and possibly be run over.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I didnt wash behind my ears, they'd fall off...— Karina
- my mother was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!— lv
- My freinds mother said that if you hold a cat without supporting its bottom, that its insides would fall out.— Jessie
- I used to belive kissing boys made your teeth fall out.Anon
- I was told as a kid that if you kept stuffing a Big Buddies (bubble gum)I would get lock jaw.— Dawn
- I used to think people didnt actually kiss on tv,i thought that the computer just made it look that way.— deanna