When I was younger, my parents told me that if I didn't finish all my rice, my wife will grow dimples all over her face... one for each bit rice I didn't eat. I believed it for a little while after that, but then logic set in.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- my brother told me rice crispies were really fish eggs we gave to the goldfish. I never ate rice crispies.— johnboy
- When I was young, I thought that rice was actually ants eggs! Didn't stop me from eating it though (: -@— Doh!
- Someone told my that rice was really spider eggs. I still don't look at it the same. Anon
- My Nan used to say that if you ate rice pudding every day you would live till 100.— Jayne
- I used to believe that if you ate rice and water and jumped up and down you would explode. Thanks Dad.— Nina
- I used to believe the Metallica song "Trapped Under Ice" said "I turned down the rice."— Erik Z.