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i never could work out how dishwashers worked. surely all that spinning around like a washing machine would mean that you'd be continually replacing all your plates, cups etc?!
graham
When I was younger, I used to think that all the little particles of dust that are in the air that you can see when sun shines on them were killer bees that I had to protect my grandmother from by running and trying to swallow all of them
JesStar
I used to think that there were large machines in the ceiling between the first and second floor at home. I never thought about what their purpose was, I just assumed they were there.
Rick
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When I was 3 or so, I used to be afraid of the dust motes that you can see in the moonlight. I don't remember much of this, but I'd apparently wake my mom with bloodcurdling screams of "THE SPECK OF DUST IS GINNA GET ME!!!" and my mom would have to "beat up" the specks before I could go to sleep.
Josh
I used to believe that hide-a-beds were manufactured by Native Americans. It took years before I figured out that it wasn't spelled Haida.
gravitygirl
at some point (i don't know when) i heard about asbestos in old office buildings. at some other point, i saw flocked christmas trees... my obvious conclusion was that flocked christmas trees were covered in asbestos. i avoided them and thought people who were willing to so sacrifice their health just to have a fluffy tree quite dumb. eventually i realized that this couldn't be true, but i still don't like them and avoid them.
this one crazy chick...
I thought there were 2 guys who lived under my stairs, and they'd grab your legs and pull you in the staircase if you stepped on the 3rd step. For some reason it was a tall guy and a short guy with no hair in a lab coat.
EmAufder
When i was little i used to think little leperkons lived in the basment.. and when you turned out the lights they would get you
when i was little, about 4 or 5 i used to think that my light bulb was an alien. i dont really kno why. i guess it did kinda look like one. i was always terrified to go to sleep face up because i was afraid to wake up looking at it. one day i told my sister and she hasnt let me forget it till this day!
i will never mistake a light bulb 4 an alien ever again!!!!!
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I had a water bed and I used to be scared that, if I poked a hole in it, my room would fill up with water and I could drown. I was really scared and was always careful with sharp objects around it.
Andrea
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My sister used to believe that if you stood in front of the microwave while it was on, you could be zapped to another planet. Thus, when she felt like running away she would pack her bags and stand in front of the running microwave. If you tried to talk to her she would say "I can't hear you I am on another planet."
I used to believe there were cars on the floor trying to get me and i told this to my bro so everytime we were sittng on the floor i would say "quick jump on the bed the cars are coming!" that was when i was probly bout 8 yrs old.where i got that from i dont know...
anon
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I used to believe that the boarder on my room's walls, which were a lot of baby doll paintings, watched every move I made. So, being terrified, I used to get dressed in the dark and would sneak around my room hoping to hide every move I made.
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I used to believe that almost everything bounced. One day I was caught with several bits of egg shell and egg yoke on the floor - I had been bouncing the eggs. Then another day, I tried to bounce one of my mum's china plant pots. I wasn't too popular that day.
Pam
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We had one of those automatic ice-makers in our freezer when I was growing up. I used to believe that the noise it made was a man named Stanley who made the ice. I made the mistake of telling that to my grandmother, who put a little plastic man and woman in the freezer, so that when I looked to see if Stanley really existed, I found not only did he exist but had a wife!
Stanley's wife never got a name, though. She was always just referred to as "his wife". It took me a long time to accept that Stanley didn't really make my ice.
Danielle
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I used to beleive that the trashcan was magical because everytime I put something in it, it dissappeared. Once i even put my shoe in it.
Jimbo
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I used to watch "the brave little toster" all the time when i was very small. The movie scared the poop out of me everytime because at the end, all the cars get crushed by this big crushing thing, and they were all singing and trying to get away. They obviously didnt want to get killed. The worst part was when all the appliances got trapped on the conveyer belt to the crushing thing, and almost got killed.
It led me to belive that all appliances were alive, and had souls.
So one day i was in the laundry room and my dad was talking about how he was going to have to get rid of the washing machine. The only thing i could think of was saving it from being crushed to death, so i started bawling and screamed "I LOVE THAT WASHING MACHINE!!!! I LOVE THAT WASHING MACHINE"
my dad had to replace it in the middle of the night while i wasnt looking so i wouldnt get upset. I never noticed.
cassie.
when i was a kid i used to dig for gold in my backyard. my mom spray painted rocks gold and told us to dig them up and i thot i really dug up gold
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When I was little, my brother and I were allowed to mix up the various toiletries and stuff that were kept under the sink to make "potions". One time I mixed Bactine and witchhazel and was convinced that I'd invented a new healing concoction that would treat all wounds, causing them to heal within a day.
If anything was broken in our house like the telly or the washing machine our mam would say she would 'have to get the man out' to fix it. Because repair men always came while we were at school, us kids thought it was always the same man. Years later my sister was watching television with her husband and family when the telly went wrong. Without thinking she said 'we'll have to get the man out'. After five minutes puzzled silence her husband said 'What man?' My sister had to admit she didn't know.
Carol
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