Well when I was younger I used to pick my nose and eat it(yah I know totally gross) Anyway, my brother used to tell me that if I ate boogies and swallowed gum, my stomach would explode. I am nausiated all the time now....I wonder......
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explodeAnon
- I used to believe that one day, my younger brother would be older than me and then he'd pick on me!— Andrew
- My brother once told me that if you burp and fart at the same time, you'd explode— Aubrey
- My dad use to tell me that if I swallowed gum it would plug up my bum hole and eventually I would explode,— Carrie
- My family told me that if I ate uncooked oatmeal that it would swell up and my stomach would explode.— david
- I believd that if you ate popping candy and drank softdrink just afterwards your stomach would explode— Kat