my sister and I used to tell our younger brother that the weeds by the fence were actually spinach and that if he ate them he would become strong like Popeye. He did. And he went back for more when he felt he needed more strength.
A childhood belief about plants
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if I ate spinach I would have a lot of strength (Popeye)— Fernando
- I believed Popeye when he said spinach made him strong. Yuk Yuk Yuk— johnboy
- I used to think that if you ate spinach that eventually, you would be as big as popeye the sailor man.— Corrine
- My 6 years younger sister used to tell me that I was younger than her. She was just growing backwards.— Taryn
- If you get shot with a GAMMA RAY you get really strong. — Tiff
- i used to believe that some day i'll catch up with my brother and never have to be the younger one again!!!!— rhea