when i was about 3, i thought that electric outlets were actually mouseholes like in cartoons - except that the outlet parts were locks. so one day i got my mom's car keys and stuck them in an outlet, and it shocked me and made me cry
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- As a kid, I thought "No Outlet" signs meant the houses past that point didn't have any electrical outlets.— Julie
- I used to believe that the "no outlet" sign on roads was a warning to people driving electric cars.— c
- Up until I was 17 I thought that 'no outlet' signs meant that the steet didn't have any streetlights.— Kelsey
- i used to believe that the no outlet signs meant that noone in that section of the street had electricityAnon
- i USED To beleive that cartoons were real and i made them my imageniary friends!— Shaman Queen
- I used to think wall outlets looked like little faces (eyes and mouth), and so I would talk to them sometimes!— EJ