I used to belive (after my mother warned me) that if you swallowed chewing gum, it would stick to your ribs.
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- My Mum told me that if you swallowed chewing gum, your bones would stick together inside you.— Pauliboy
- My Grand father told me that if i swallowed chewing gum i would stick to the toilet— Mr Jones
- I used to belive that, if you swallowed your chewing gum, you'd fart bubbles...— Heidi, Pittsburgh, PA
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- When I was young my mother told me that if I swallowed bubble gum, it would stick to my liver.— Barbie
- My cousin thought ribs at restaurants were people ribs.Anon