When I was very small (3 or so) I drank coffee because I thought it was hot stuff. Coincidentally I always ran around barefoot. My aunt told me that drinking coffee turns your feet black and of course I'd look down see my black feet and blame it on the coffee.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon
- until 12 yo i thought buying and drinking coffee was illegal when you were under 18:) — smarty
- I always thought there was a drinking age for coffee, because it was an adult drink like beer and wine.Anon
- I used to think that adults drank coffee because the bad taste would wake them up.Anon
- I used to believe that if you drank coffee before you were an adult, your skin would turn gray. Anon
- if you drank coffee before your 16th birthday, your skin will turn purple.Anon