When I was a kid my sister once told me that it was a sin to hold back a fart in Church. The reason she gave - concentrating on holding in the fart would distract your attention from the service, and you were supposed to give all your attention to the service. She even told me that because people are supposed to freely fart in Church whenever they get an urge to, that's why the seats are called "pews". Well, it seemed to make sense to me at the time. But by the time I had only let a few good farts in Church, I clearly found out that doing so did NOT meet with my parents' approval. I guess I then began to realize my sister had been playing with me.
A childhood belief about farting
others believed things like this
- My brother once told me that if you burp and fart at the same time, you'd explode— Aubrey
- I thought you were supposed to take money out of the collection at church.— Wangchuk
- I was told in first grade that if you fart burp and sneeze at the same time you would blow up— bob doodle
- i thought that if you held in your fart you burp if you happen to hold both in you explode!— ahh!
- When I was a kid My friend’s mom told me if I swallowed my bubblegum it would make me fart bubblegum bubblesAnon
- I used to believe that my grandpa had a special power that made him fart each time I pulled his finger. — confused