I used to believe that pregnant women got their big bellies because they ate watermelon seeds and a watermelon grew inside of them.

becky

Eating watermellon seeds will make you grow a watermellon in your belly.

Anon

that if I swallowed watermelon seeds that i would grow a watermelon in my stomach, and i was a chubby child so i relly thought i was going to have a watermelon baby!

Sasha

I was eating a huge slice of watermelon when I was small and as I took a bite, lost my first loose tooth. I was so shocked about losing my tooth that I swallowed one of the big black seeds by accident. I told my dad and he said that I was going to grow a watermelon inside my tummy! I was so scared about how I would get it out too--whether I would have to have surgery or if I would have to poop out a big watermelon! I believed him for the longest time.

erni

You know those little black seeds in watermelons? I used to spend hours making sure I picked them all out of every slice because I was terrified that if I swallowed one I would grow a pumpkin out of my belly button.

T.L.

Again this is a friend of mine. At 6 she had been told that eggs were chicken seeds. She reasoned that she could grow a chicken tree/plant with an egg from the refrigerator. (She had a lot of plants in her room that she took good care of, even at 6). She potted the egg in dirt and put the pot near the window in her room, watering it everyday and spraying it to keep bugs away. She learned the truth when her mother asked her what kind of plant was in the pot of dirt by the window (noticing nothing was growing there even after 3 months of watering/sunshine). Her mother got the biggest laugh when her daughter said she was growing a chicken tree.

Anon

when i was younger my cousins and i would eat alot of watermelons. well we would swallow the seeds until one day my mom told me that the seeds would turn into real watermelons. Then she showed me a lady with a big stomach. NOw i know that the lady was pregnant.

messina

I remember when one of my elementary school friends came over and said that the sunflower seeds in our whole wheat bread were buggers. I continue to avoid bread containing sunflower seeds.

nooreen

When I was young I belived that if you ate watermelons with the seeds, they would grow in your stomach. So I was really careful when I ate them.

Anon

When I was a young child I believed that if you ate seeds, like while eating watermelon, that they would grow inside of you.

gary

I used to believe that if you ate the black seeds from watermelon a watermelon would grow in your stomach and I thought that was what happened to pregnant women.

~*~*~*megan*~*~*~

when i was around 5 my mom told me if i ate sun flower seeds it cut up the inside of my heart and that is why it hurts going down

Rochelle

when i was little my brother fed me dirt found in the buttons on the seats of my old car, then one day i was eating watermelon and swallowed a seed by accident. i started screaming for my mom to take me to the hospitl because i thought it was going to grow into a watermelon n my belly

melissa

When I was little, my mom and aunt used to tell me if I ate black watermelon seeds I would grow a flower on my head.
They also said the same thing to me when they found out I ate a sheet of paper. I was so scared.

Brandi

when i was younger, my brother told me that watermelon seeds would grow inside me and turn into a plant and grow out of my mouth. I was worried when i swallowed some

amna

WHEN I WAS LITTLE MY OLDER BROTHER TOLD ME THAT IF I ATE WATERMELON PIPS THEN WATERMELONS WOULD START GROWING OUT MY EARS AND NOSE SO I WAS ALWAYS TO SCARED TO EAT IT

JESSICA

when i was about 5 or 6 my mum always told me to be very careful not to swallow any watermellon seeds because if i did a watermellon would start growing in my tummy and no body would ever be able to get it out. i believed this because my older sister told me our dad (who had a very big belly) had swallowed some seeds and he had a watermellon in his tummy... he still has a big belly maybe its still in there.

Yelizaveta

My brother was never the nicest kid in the world. It didn't help that when I was younger, I was also gullible enough to do just about anything. So, naturally, when my aunt sent one those wreaths made from dried chile peppers, my brother had to take advantage of it. He told me that the seeds tasted just like bubblegum, which I was pretty obsessed with then. So, I unwittingly ate at least a spoonful of them, not remotely tasting the bubblegum that had been promised. I was rather sick for the rest of the day. I did get back at my brother, though, as I threw up all over him.

Kaitlin

My mother and grandparents, used to tell me if I swallowed Watermelon seeds a Watermelon plant would grow in my stomache. It made me so paranoid when eating Watermelon!

Cuban Candy

When i was little i was often told that if i swallowed a seed(of an orange, watermelon, grape) it would start to grow in my stomach until leaves and branches grew out of my ears, nose and mouth... i was so scared when i would accidentally swallow a seed!

G