my older cousin once told me that if i never farted again, all of the gas would build up inside me and i'd explode.
A childhood belief about farting

others believed things like this
- when i was little i used to think that when i farted, that a little monster inside me was trying to get out. — annie
- If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explodeAnon
- That only men farted. I literally started sobbing the first time I realized I farted.Anon
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly
- When I was little and farted in bed my mum told me to "take big sniffs - it will soon go away" yuk.Anon
- My father told me if I farted, my head would cave in!— Jae