I used to believe that if you sniffed up a stinky fart, that no one else could smell it. I tested my theory one day in class and when it didn't work, that's when I stopped believing.
I also used to believe when you farted, your "fart cloud" would float around the world.
A childhood belief about farting

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you sniffed a really stinky fart, it would poison your insides and die.— Fartcheeks
- If I had bad gas I would sometimes start to run as I farted to escape the smell. It didn't always work.— Sammy
- I used to believe you could fart a bubble from swallowed gum and float away.....— Michele
- I used to believe that if you farted really hard, you could fart a hole in your pants. How dumb was that?— stargirl
- When I first met my husband, he thought women didn't fart. He was really surprised after he met me!!!Anon
- I used to believe that when I farted, i could smell up all the stench before anyone else could smell it.— Tim