When 5 years old we had a toaster which had a dial with a light brown to dark brown guide around the knobs to change how long it toasted for. I thought this was an accurate guide to the colour the toast would be, so I carefully adjusted the dial and toasted it only to find burnt toast. I would then put the same toast back in and change the dial to lighter thinking the toast would become whiter.
I repeated this process until the toaster caught fire.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the toast would never pop out of the toaster if you watched it while you were waiting.Anon
- I Believed that somthing took the bread from the toaster and replaced it with toast.— Shukun
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha
- I fully believed, up until about 6 years old, that the word 'accident' was a noun that meant 'burnt toast'.— Karl Goetz
- I used to believe that when you put toast in the refrigerator, it turns back into bread. — sambot
- I believed that my mother invented toast.— Helen