My nan believes that if you swallow chewing gum, it will stay in your stomach for 7 years. Some of my friends also believe that it just sticks to the inside of your stomach and never comes out! o_O
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explodeAnon
- my mom told my sister and I that if you swallow gum, it won't leave ur stomach for 7 years.— Victoria
- my mom made me believe that if i swallowed my chewing gum, it would form one big wad in my stomach.— mimi
- dont swallow gum, it will stick to your stomach , your whole life.— nancy
- I used to believe that i couldn't swallow bubble gum because it would stick to my stomach— Nathalia
- My dad always told me never to swallow the pips from apples because trees would start growing in my stomach!!— ALISON W