An older neighborhood kid told me that if I ate a styrofoam packing peanut, my head would crack in half. For the longest time I was afraid of accidentally ingesting one of them.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- I used to think that God looked like/ was Mr. Peanut. He was a giant peanut with a top hat, monacle and cane.— Erica
- when I was growing up I truly believed that my neighborhood was the only neighborhood with "THE CORNER"— Brid
- My partner thought women used the brown packing tape as wax strips.— Helen
- I used to believe that your belly button was what held your top half to your bottom half...— Debelouwho
- My Grandpa told me if I picked my nose I could accidentally pull out my eye. — Jan St. Louis
- For the longest time I was sure my cat could read my mind.Anon