When I was little about 4 or 5 my older sister told me that when I painted my nails and got nailpolish on my skin my skin would turn the same color as the nailpolish and peel off like a banana. Needless to say I didn't paint my nails for a looong time :)
A childhood belief about skin
others believed things like this
- when i was little my sister told me that when i bite my nails it would cut through my skin and i would die! — nn
- In 'Call Me Maybe', I misheard 'Ripped jeans skin' as 'Rich cheese skin'. — Carly Rae Cheddar
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon
- I used to believe if i touched a cameleon i would change the color of my skin. — Sophie
- When I was younger, I used to think that people with different colored skin had different color poops.— Samuel
- I used to believe that a football ref's flag was a banana peel.Anon