When I was a child my cousin and I would swallow our gum and we were told that it would stay for years and years in our stomach and if we had too much we would die. So, we would eat paper thinking that the gum would stick to the paper and come out the other end.
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- my mom told my sister and I that if you swallow gum, it won't leave ur stomach for 7 years.— Victoria
- dont swallow gum, it will stick to your stomach , your whole life.— nancy
- I used to believe that i couldn't swallow bubble gum because it would stick to my stomach— Nathalia
- when my friend was little, she used to eat paper, thinking it would make her read better.— hehehe
- Until I tried it in 3rd grade, my parents told me that if I ate paper my poop would come out in packages.— The Mailman
- My dad always told me never to swallow the pips from apples because trees would start growing in my stomach!!— ALISON W