biting my nails

I used to believe that if you bit your fingernails and swallowed them, a hand would grow in your stomach.

michael

I used to think that when I bit my nails and swallowed them they would cut my insides. How lame!

Molly, Who is cool,

when i was younger, i bit my nails like crazy. my mom bought everything known to make me stop biting but nothing worked. one summer, i was at my cousins house, sitting on the couch biting my nails. he sat down beside me and said that if i didnt stop then my fingers were gonna fall off. i stoped shortly after.

callie

When my friend caught me biting my nails, she said that a few years ago, a girl died because she bit her nails and skin on her fingers and swallowed them. They got stuck in her throat and fomed a huge ball that she choked on and made her die. I didn't beleive her but sometimes when i bite my nails, I think about what she told me and stop straight away; but it doesn't always work!

Cats RULE!!! (don't know why I said that)

I was told that if I swallowed my finger nails that they would grow out of my tummy

Anon

This actually applies to my brother. My grandma said that if you keep on biting your nails and eat them, you will grow worms in your stomach.

Brandi

When I was about 5, I constantly bit my nails. My mother told me if one was biting thier nailes, they were nervous. I had reason too... until nine. I kept it up til I got my braces.

My name is your name

For all my life, I got bad habit of biting my nails. In 5th grade, I was told that if I keep biting them, I would die of nails in my stomach.. I believed it so I stopped. But few weeks later, I started again and nothing happened.

Anon

my mum said that as i bit my nails i would end uop biting all of my fingers off

Anon

When I was younger, I use to bite my finger nails until one day my mom told me that they would never grow back if I kept doing it. I believed her, and till this day, I have never bit my finger nails.

Anon

I used to bite my nails a lot. Every time I got a stomachache, I would imagine the little crescents of my nails poking into the lining of my stomach. Unfortunately, I could never stop biting my nails.

Ouch

My mum used to tell me that if i kept biting my nails I would never grow up to be a lady. I took this literally and never bit my nails again fearing that if I did I'd always be a little kid.
To this day I still don't bite my nails - it's just yuck!

Catherine

my big sister told me that if i picked my nose to much my brains would fall out needless to say i thought twice befor picking my nose again

bongo

When I was little my mum would tell me to stop picking my nose or its gonna drop off and I'll never grow one back!!I was really scared so I used to hide in the greenhouse and sit in my toilet!

Bobby Brown

When I was in fourth grade, my mom told me that if you bite your nails, you can get a very bad disease. I stopped biting my nails. I'm 16 now and still don't know if its true or not.

Anon

my parents told me that when you bit your nails the would cut your insides and die

Pat

My dad when I was younger told me if I keep biting my nails a big wad might come up and I would choke and die.

Bobbie

I used to believe that if you bit your nails, your nails will grow stronger. So I started biting my nails alot, since they were very skinny. Until one day, my best friend asked my why I kept on doing that, and I answeered. Well, she just started cracking up. Now, I paint my nails so I won't bite them!

Estee`

I was taught that if i bit my nails that they would get down in my stomach and make my appendix burst. I still don't bite my nails and if i ever do I become very worried for hours.

Micky

To try to get me to stop biting my nails, my Dad told me that fingernails don't digest, they just sit in the bottom of your stomach and collect there, and he knew of this guy who had bitten his nails so much that he had to have an operation. I kept biting anyway...

LEWie