When I was young I used to watch my mother put in her contacts and I was sure that if she wore her contacts and glasses at the same time, she could see through walls.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- I used to think that when people were taking their contacts out that they were taking their eyeball out :) — Jen
- I used to believe that people who wore glasses were blind and could only see when they had their glasses on. Anon
- I used to believe that people who wore glasses were very smart.— Anonymous
- Strangers in the night, exchanging glasses...
well I was only young at the time!— ..maz.. - At a young age I couldn't imagine how people without glasses could marry the ones wearing them. — Ana
- That blue cheese was made by scraping mould off bathroom walls. My mother actually told me that.— sandee