When I was little, my older brothers told me that if I looked at the microwave while it was running, it would burn my eyes. I didn't watch my food while it was in the microwave until I was 10.
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 think if i would eat spicy food i would burn and die— Bill
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- I used to believe that cats eyes were lit up by a man running under the road with a torch— Martin