My brother used to believe that for my father to take his false teeth out he pressed a button in his mouth and then held out his hand and they would shoot out of his mouth into his hand!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- My teacher held out a hand to say, "stop" but I thought she wanted a high-five.Anon
- When I was very young, I assumed that false teeth were taken from dead people's teethAnon
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike
- When I was small, my brother would bug me and say that if my hand was bigger than my head, I had a tumor.Anon
- my brother told me that if i ride my bike with my mouth open i will swallow my tounge. Anon