We thought each plug was for a particular thing, and if you plug the wrong thing it won't work properly, as in plugging the TV to the plug meant for the piano it will play music that's all
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- If you left a plug socket on with no plug in all the power would run outAnon
- My dad use to tell me that if I swallowed gum it would plug up my bum hole and eventually I would explode,— Carrie
- when i was around 3 or 4 i belived that the sea had a large plug like a bath and it was draind every night — James Cameron
- I used to believe that once you pulled the plug in the bath a shark would swim out of the drain and eat you.— Amy
- I believed that I had a fake right big toe, having lost my real one in the plug holder (thanks Helen!)— Mike
- I used to think that the river police were there to stop naughty people from pulling the plug out.— Linda