I used to belive, that even when there was no lightbulb, it had burnt out, or even during a black-out, if the lightswitch was in the ON position, it would waste electricity. I was worried that i would not know which way to put the switch if the light went off.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to belive that if we could find the light switch that controlled the sun, we could control the world. Anon
- I used to think that if you shone a flashlight beam onto a lightbulb long enough, it would eventually light.— Karen K
- that God lives in the roof of our church and makes electricity to light the chandeliers— M
- I used to belive that the black market was a place— Lyndsey
- i used to belive that before films were coloured the whole world was black and white— daniel phelps
- I used to belive that there was a god living in every traffic light, controlling the traffic!— Sukhi