My father had my brother and me convinced that if we unbuttoned our bellybuttons, our legs would fall off...for years, whenever I washed my bellybutton, I was so afraid that I would accidentally release the mechanism that held my legs on. My brother spent hours actually TRYING to unbutton his bellybutton, and was very disappointed when it didn't work.
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- That if you fiddled with your bellybutton it would unscrew your bum and it would fall off— Sundaeg1rl
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
- i used to believe that when you did the splits your legs would fall off.Anon
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- My father told me that Frenchmen had three legs.Anon
- If you undo your belly-button with a screwdriver, your legs will fall off.— Toby