When I was in kindergarten my friend told me that your belly button was where the doctor tied a knot when he cut your umbiblical cord. She also told me that if you itched it too much you'd come untied and all your guts would spill everywhere and you'd die. Needless to say, I never touched my belly button after that.
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- I used to believe your belly button was a knot that held you together - my parents had wierd anatomical views— anne
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann
- I was told that your belly button is where you put salt when you eat apples in bed.— Shurnuff
- i was told that if you fiddled with your belly-button too much, my bum would fall off.Anon
- My dad told me when I was little that my belly button was "Where the Indian shot me"Anon