When I was about six or seven years old, my nanny told me that if I took a shower right after eating, my food in my stomach would turn into popcorn and explode! Of course I was skeptical about the exploding bit, but I still never shower after eating!
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that take a shower meant to go steal a shower from the storeAnon
- My teacher told me one time~when I ate the unpopped popcorn, the unpopped popcorn would pop in my stomach.— Petra
- I used to think that toilets led to the shower head. That's why I never took a shower :D— scared
- I was told when I was little that eating too much salt on your food would "dry up your blood".Anon
- I used to believe that if you took a shower after a day of tanning the tan would come off in the shower— Shar
- I used to believe eating fish enables me to live underwater and eating veggy makes me prettier!— Melody