My mom still believes that the dryer eats stray socks, and then gives them up years later. She found a black sock in the dryer and thought it was her ex-husbands', and he had died years ago!
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid my dad told me that in a package of socks there was a right sock and a left sock.— Christina
- i thought that since my dr's name was "Dr. Washer" that meant my nurse's name was "Dryer" ... i know, its sad— mekare
- I used to think I smelled wrong, but I figured out it was because we never used dryer sheets. — blnkfrnk
- I used to belive that the New Years ball exploded, and people who were near it died.— Angela
- According to my mom, whenever I saw a stray dog in the street I would ask where its parents were. — Meg
- few years ago, finally I found out that asparagus are not big sea fishes.. — nixass