My mom used to say my teeth would turn yellow if I swallowed a lot of toothpaste. I didn't believe that, so I decided to test it out myself. I must have eaten about half of the tube. Obviously I got really sick. Still can't look at toothpaste the same way.
A childhood belief about bathrooms
others believed things like this
- if you eat toothpaste straight from the tube, you will get worms— wormelow
- For some reason I used to believe humans were made out of toothpaste— lu
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- My aunt always used to tell me that if I swallowed gum, I'd turn into a frog!— Deana, Las Vegas, NV.
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha