WHen I was in 2nd grade my bomb-loving friend and I found a tampon (in package - plastic applicator and all.) We thought it was a bomb/firecracker kit with built-in fuse, and so we filled it with calcium carbide ("Bangsite") and soaked it in rubbing alcohol. We were disappointed when we lit the string and only a faint blue flame appeared (from the alcohol, I guess.)
When I was in 6th grade and my mom explained to me about tampons, I was embarassed for years about the bomb-making incindent from just 4 years prior.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that an atom bomb was a dragon in the sky.— Mazzkitten
- I used to belive that it was Illeagal to drink ANY beverage while driving, not just alcohol.— Emma*
- in grade school, i used to believe that test tube was a naughty word and was embarassed to say it.— miss sara
- i used to think that you pull the string on a tampon and it would roll out to make a sanitary towelAnon
- im grade 2, my teacher said that she was 2000 years old and i belived her— ---pepsi---
- In first grade a boy told me that he could see girls naked with his microscope lens. I beleived it for years.— Jeanette