My mom used to believe that you could pop your eyeballs out and then buy new ones at the store that came on cards like buttons do.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- my brother used to believe that everybody except him could see their eyeballs— Matt
- my dad used to tell me that if I ate in bed that ants would come out at night and eat my eyeballs!— jeps
- when i was little, i thought that you could pull your eyeballs and wash them in your mouth— beak
- My sister convinced me that tapioca was made with fish eyeballs.— Eileen
- I used to believe that checks and credit cards allowed you to get anything you wanted with out paying for it. — Diamond
- When i was little, I used to send Jesus birthday cards on christmas and thought he would read them in heaven.Anon