When I was small, I believed that if you ran the hoover over the power cord, or if you didn't keep the machine moving at all times, it would explode.
I insist that my mother told me these things; she denies it.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I have always lived very near to a power station, and I used to believe it was a cloud making machine.— Kirsty Martindale
- When I was little, I believed that if I didn't go to the bathroom quick enough, I would actually explode.— Coco S.
- I used to think I had the special power of being able to smell things with my finger.— Pablo
- i used to believe that our ansering machine was the washing machine and that it could talk
— tamara - When I was younger I believed that if I were approching too much my TV it would explode.— Antho8=>
- When I was about 4 and I saw the clouds moving sideways, I thought that Earth was moving closer to the Sun— Helen