When I was little and I would eat or drink something that would make me choke my mom always said that it went down the wrong pipe. I figured that there were 2 pipes from my throat to my stomach. One was for food and the other was for drinks.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if I ate a fruit seed it would grow in my stomach if I drink water after thatAnon
- if you drink water from unsafe places, frogs will grow in your stomach...— Olivier
- I used to think I smelled wrong, but I figured out it was because we never used dryer sheets. — blnkfrnk
- I always believed as a child your stomach was a big hand which squeezed your food out through your bum....— amc
- We put food in our mouths, so naturally I believed my stomach was in my head.— Timb
- my cousin uded to belive that hiccups were caused by the food in your stomach colliding.— Christine