I used to believe that when I 'popped off', as long as I said 'Pardon me' it wouldn't smell. I hate to think how many times I farted in company and then quietly whispered 'pardon me', thinking no-one else would ever know what I had done!
A childhood belief about farting

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when I farted, i could smell up all the stench before anyone else could smell it.— Tim
- If I had bad gas I would sometimes start to run as I farted to escape the smell. It didn't always work.— Sammy
- That only men farted. I literally started sobbing the first time I realized I farted.Anon
- I always used to think that grownups whispered where they wanted to go and the car went by itself!— Kay
- I used to belief that a serial killer popped out of a cereal box. — chelsea layman
- I used to believe that I could smell when it was going to snow.
(I still can!)— sw