In order to make me more careful when using the kettle, my mum told me that if the water didn't cover the pipes in the bottom, or went over the 'full' mark, or the outside was wet - the kettle would explode
I was terrified of boiling the kettle and used to spend half an hour double checking all these things, then flick the switch and run out of the kitchen with my hands over my head just in case
A childhood belief about around the house
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the rock thing they used in the sport Curling, was a tea kettle.— Kaninchen
- I used to think what heated the food in the pan was the boiling water, not the heat under it.— Mario
- I used to believe that your belly button was what held your top half to your bottom half...— Debelouwho
- An hour and a half is exactly the same as half an hourAnon
- My dad always told me to never hold my sneeze and if I did, then my head will explode.— anon.
- I used to believe that all songs were exactly a half-hour long.— Brian