I make my bed every day, and here is why: When I was quite young my father told me that if I didn't make my bed "day germs" would crawl up from the floor during the day and get under the covers. Then at night when I laid down they would crawl all over me and make me sick. Nice.
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- I thought Pink's "You make me sick" was "you make me sick, you make me look like a candlestick" LOL— Rice
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- When I was younger I asked my parents:
"If bees make honey, do flys make marmalade?"— Mike - My mom told me that if you suck your thumb, wourms would crawl up out of the ground and eat it up!— Kat
- I used to believe that the saying "2 wrongs don't make a right" was "2 wongs don't make a white"Anon
- When I was young, I said to my mom, "Mommy, make the sun go down!"Anon