I used to believe that all hot water came from special places underground, and that the world's supplies of hot water were dangerously low. I believed this because mum would always say 'Don't waste the hot water', but she'd never say 'Don't waste the cold water'...
A childhood belief about water

others believed things like this
- I used to think water towers were where everyone's uh...waste...went to from the toilets.— Stephanie
- I didn't think you could put out a fire with hot water - only cold water would do.— Katti Pytt
- I used to believe that hot water was red and cold water was blue.Anon
- I thought that hydrogen was pure water (since I knew hydro- meant water) and H2O was impure some how— Hexetic
- I used to believe that if i splashed water on the wall during a bath, the water would turn into spiders— justin
- that bathroom tap water was recycled "potty" water from the toliet. — livingdeadgirl