When I was 6 or 7 years old, I absolutely believed that if a thermometer broke--the world would end.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that "the motorway" was one big long road that went absolutely anywhere in the world!!!Anon
- Until a few years ago, I believed this was a "doggy dog" world, rather than a "dog-eat-dog" world.— jemima
- I used to believe that when people broke bones, doctors would give them a new part of the body they broke. — Kelly
- I used to believe that if you broke your arm, it broke off. And that if you got shot, you automatically died.— Mary Beth
- I thought that when you broke a bone, it broke completely off.— gin
- I believed everytime the toilet flushed a wave broke on a beach— Jenelle