Once, when I was about 8 years old, my mom allowed me to make a batch of brownies from a box mix. The directions said, "Stir by hand" so that is what I did: I stuck my hand in the bowl of batter to stir. My mom and I both got a good laugh out of that one.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My wife used to believe that the purpose of the stick shift in her Dad's car was to stir the gas.— Curt
- that if you stuck out your tongue at your mother, your hand would stick up out of the grave when you died.— Elaine. London
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike
- I used to believe that I could actually cut the clouds with my hand.Anon
- I used to believe that if you put your hand in a venus fly trap it would eat it.Anon
- A hot totty was a hand warmer used in winter.— Kari