When I was not very tall, I was told that when you flick up the lid of a lighter, the flint gets struck and the flame ignites. So I thought it only sensible that when you push the lid back down, the flint would be struck from the other direction, thus the flame would go out.
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if that's what really happens.
A childhood belief about technology
others believed things like this
- i believed that if you farted too much in a room and you were to light a flame your house would blow up— the nuclear fart
- I always thought thunder was the sound of the crumbling buildings, after lightning had struck them.Anon
- I used to believe that when lightening struck at night, it was turning the world into day for a few seconds. — Kristine
- If you pulled a face, and the clock struck on the hour, your face would stay in that position.— Jo V...NL
- I used to belive that if you pushed the lighter button in a car it would tranforme it into a batmobile Anon
- I thought that days had 100 hours in them. Very surprised to hear there were only 24.— Cassiopeia