when i was younger (8 or 9) and i farted my dad used to tell me not to worry, that my bum just coughed.
A childhood belief about farting

others believed things like this
- when i was little i used to beleive that if i coughed, sneezed and farted at the same time i would blow up— fart
- When I was younger, I used to believe if i covered my ears before I farted no one else would hear it.— Lime
- That only men farted. I literally started sobbing the first time I realized I farted.Anon
- I used to think that foreign people coughed and sneezed in a different language.— Even more stupid
- I also thought that people in different countries coughed, sneezed, laughed, or cried in their own language!— Mini
- I thought my parents had written "Don't Worry, Be Happy".Anon