You know in cartoons when someone is kissing someone a temperature thermometer would burst because the kiss was 'hot'. Well, when I was five I spotted a thermometer prompted on the wall in a grocery store and began to kiss my mommy's hand. I got angry that the temperature stayed the same.
A childhood belief about cartoons

others believed things like this
- When I was 6 or 7 years old, I absolutely believed that if a thermometer broke--the world would end. — Suzi
- I used to believe that if you turned the thermastat temperature above 70 degrees that everything would melt.Anon
- I used to believe that if you kiss a frog then the would would really turn into a king.— jing
- I used to believe that if I could kiss my elbow that I would turn into a girl (the opposite sex).— Rusty
- My sister told me that if I could kiss my elbow I would change into a boy. I never disproved her on this.— Aussie
- I used to think people didnt actually kiss on tv,i thought that the computer just made it look that way.— deanna