my sister used to believe that if you stood in front of the microwave while it was going that you would get pregnant
A childhood belief about getting pregnant

others believed things like this
- If you stood in front of the fire for too long your spine would melt!— Helen, Cumbria
- I used to think that you could get a tan if you turned the oven on, opened the door and stood in front of it.Anon
- I used to believe that you could get cancer from looking in the microwave while it was running.— Kayla
- When I was little I thought the microwave was the Michaelwave because my name is Michael.— Michael
- When I was around seven years-old, my friend and I put a rock in a microwave and thought it would melt.— Lars
- i used to believe (because my dad told me so) that AM stood for "awful music" and FM stood for "fine music"— skydvgrl