My parernts told all us kids that the belly button was a keyhole and if we found the right key and turned it, our bums would drop off. For years we all tried every different key we came across with no success. Now my own children are searching for that elusive key!
My mother also told me that while you were waiting to find the right key, you could use your belly button to hold salt or tomato sauce to dip your fries into.
A childhood belief about belly buttons
you weren't the only one
97 of you believed this
- I used to believe that if someone unscrewed my belly button, my butt would fall off— David
- i was told that if you fiddled with your belly-button too much, my bum would fall off.Anon
- My Dad told me that if the knot in your belly button came undone that your bum would fall off! — Sue, Staffordshire, England
- when i was young i was told that if i played with or turned my belly button that my bum would fall off — lee hull
- That if you fiddled with your bellybutton it would unscrew your bum and it would fall off— Sundaeg1rl
- I believed that if you pushed your belly button, your bum would fall off.— Wendy