We believed that if you swallowed gum it would remain in your stomach for 7 years. We also believed this to be true of swallowed finger nails, so I always imagined a place in my stomach full of chewed gum and bitten fingernails!! Glad I know now.....

rain

If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explode

Anon

i accidentely swallowed some chewing gum once i got told that it would clog up the inside of my body and all my guts would start spewing out i wouldnt stop cryig all the way home in the car

abigayle

I was told that when you eat Cinnaburst Gum, you can eat the wrapper and all.

I tried it, and found out otherwise...

Then I began trying this theory on other types of foods (ie: ice cream, candy bars, etc).

To this day I still wonder what I was thinking, and what the person who told me that was thinking.

Mike

I used to believe that if you swallowed chewing gum, that it could not be digested, instead, the body deposited the wad of gum into the appendix. Once the appendix became too full of gum, then that person would have to have his appendix removed. I always spit my gum out as a kid, and now I don't even chew gum anymore.

Anon

i used to believe that if i swollowed my gum trees would grow in my stoamch:)

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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

One time my best friend Jaquelyn said that if you swallowed gum it would immediately go right to your heart and stick there where it would clog your "heart tubes" (we were seven, OK?) and then your blood couldn't go anywhere go it would go in your throat and you'd drown. Jaqueline was quite a tale- spinner and I was a pretty stupid kid. Hence, my username. Hey, I will soon be known on this site as the very stupid little kid.

Stupidkid

I thought you could die from chewing gum while in the shower.

Hollow Head

My mom told me that gum couldn't be digested, so you shouldn't swallow it.

I thought this meant that is I swallowed my gum is would just sit at the bottom of my stomach for the rest of my life.

So every time I chewed gum and did swallow it, I imagined that that chunk went down and added itself to the pile of undigested gum.

Lauren Rither

When i was like 6 or 7, i had a cousin that was 3 years older that me. She ALWAYS swallowed her gum, and of course, i wanted to be JUSt like her. she told me not to because you would explode and the doctors would have to take out your belly so you couldnt eat any more. i loved sandwiches and still wanted to eat them so i stopped swallowing gum. 6 Months later she had surgery and they removed this thing bc she swallowed TOO MUCH GUM!she took it in a jar and told me she couldnt eat anymore so i started crying cuz i felt bad. heehee...hipacrit!

Bubble Burster!

i used to believe that if u swallowed gum it would stay inside of u for about ten years then eventually u would digest it. i dont rememberhow old i was...maybe about 8 or so. heh.

~philbert~

My Da always told me that if you swallowed gum, it would end up in your appendix because thats what they were for. I ALWAYS spit out my gum when he said that!!

Anon

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 a kid I used to chew gum all the time. My mum used to tell me that if you swallowed it, it would get wrapped around your ribs and get stuck in your chest. Quite a troubling image and i still get nervous if i cough with gum in my mouth

Anon

i ued to belive when i was 5, that is u swallowed to much chewing gum, u would turn in to a giant buble and float away to hevan!

bumblebee

Once, I believed that it took 7 years to digest a swallowed piece of gum. I have no idea where I got THAT from.

Hey, I rhymed. =)

Some Idiot

I used to believe that if you swallowed your gum that you would crumble up and smell like a dead animal !!!!

jordan

i used to beleive that if you chewed gum it woul give you warts in your mouth my sister told me this

sunney jim of the pearl

one day i was chewwing gum before i went to bed and i almost ended up falling asleep so my dad came in and said hey i wouldnt chew that gum when you are slepping i asked why and he said that a little boy went to sleep and the gum grew and ate him. So ever since i never chewed gum at night.

haliey