I used to believe that the if I watched the microwave as it was working that it would explode. Hence I would run out of the kitchen immediately upon hitting "start".
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you could get cancer from looking in the microwave while it was running.— Kayla
- When I was little I thought the microwave was the Michaelwave because my name is Michael.— Michael
- When I was around seven years-old, my friend and I put a rock in a microwave and thought it would melt.— Lars
- i used to believe the sound from a piano came from the keys hitting a stuff called "sploosh"{wierd, huh?}.— exploding buttox
- I used to think when you married you had babies immediately!Anon
- I used to think that when the power goes out, the water also stops working.Anon