I used to believe that if you chewed gum while going to the bathroom then you'd swallow it and poop it out right then.

Natalie the brainless :-)

when i was young i used to believe that chewing gum was made out of cows feet

Anon

When I was 8 this mean girl in my school told me that her dog ate a piece of gum and it pooped out all it's organs because it stuck them all together. I believed her because she was a grade or two older than me. Soon after I was chewing gum and it fell out of my mouth and my dog ate before I could get to it. I cried for like an hour. Even after my parent's told me it wasn't true, I followed my dog around for a while waiting for him to go.

Me

I would calculate how old I would be before the gum I just swallowed would go through my system, since it took seven years

Anon

My mom always said if i swallow gum it will get stuck in ur stomach 4 ever and it will grow in a ball and make ur stomach bigger!

tammy778

I thought that if you fell asleep with gum in your mouth you would die so you had to stick it to your head board or whatever for the next day. And if you did that it would taste even better too.

Sara

My cousin used to tell me not to swallow my gum cause i had a bone in the middle of my chest and the gum would pile on top of and if i kept swallowing it, it would eventually come out my mouth and i would have to have surgery to get it removed. How horrible hun?!

April

I used to believe that a man's Adam's apple was the result of years of swallowing chewing gum and it gets stuck in their throats! If I ever swallowed any gum I would feel my adams apple to see if it had grown!!

michelle

When I was little a friend told me that if you swallow chewing gum it stays in your stomach for 7 years. After I was married I told my husband and he laughed until he choked!

OneGoodWoman

When I was little, my dad told me that my uncle could make gum come out of his ear. I believed him because I "knew" that people could make water come out their ears, so why not gum? He even had this big story about how one time it got stuck and he had to go to the doctor. The sad part is I found out he was lying when I was about 11 or 12.

Sarah

When I was little i used to swallow gum.I thought if you ever swallow gum again that the gum would get stuck in your throat and you couldn't breath ever again.Until now I'm still scared of swallowing gum.

Captain

I used to belive if ya chewed on your gum to long, your teeth would fall out! And...oh damn I forgot somthin else.....oh yeah, I also thought bubble gum was made out of rubber bands...I always thought I was putting gum in ma hair....:)

***money***

I was told that Hubba Bubba and Bubbalicious contained spider's eggs and that's what made it so crackly and poppable. EW- I still hate gum.

suepersue

I used to believe that all things that tasted minty (Gum, peppermints) worked just as well to clean your teeth as mouthwash did.

ClaireC

I used to believe that you shouldn't swallow gum because it would stick to you heart and make it stop beating.

Anon

when i was 5 my sister used to tell me if i got chewing gum stuck on my self it would stay there forever i never ate chewing gum again till i was 6 and a half

jake

Someone told me that Chewing Gum, if swollowed, would stay in your digestive track for up to seven years. But after asking 4 different doctors and 2 dentists I have come to the conclusion that is not true.
It is unhealthy to swollow it though.

Tully

When i was about 6, my mom was trying to stop me from swallowing my gum. She told me that if you swallow your gum, it will get stuck to your lungs and you won't be able to breathe. I never swallowed gum again and although i'm 19, i still believe it.

Fallon