When I was a kid I thought the reason fire alarms were loud was so that the people at the fire station could hear them.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the Fire Station was where all fires occurred.Anon
- I used to think that fire trucks and ambulances drove all the way back to the station backwards.— Tim
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- The first time i heard of someone getting fired from a job, i thought that they were actually set on fire.Anon
- I thought that I could get a suntan if I stood really close to a fire for long enough.— Mat