When my mother talked about using the fax machine and sending a fax, I assumed that the paper would actually roll up and zoom through the wires and come out at the reciever's machine! =)
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that our ansering machine was the washing machine and that it could talk
— tamara - When I got my feet measured by the electronic machine, I thought that the machine will squash my feet!— Helen
- I used to think that when you sent a fax, the paper went through the wires.— em
- I used to believe that if I put my arm in the washing machine while it was going that it would rip off.— Hannah
- I used to believe my bedroom closet was actually a time machine.— Carrie
- i thought an ATM machine was something which gave free money!!— Armani