We believed that if we didn't finish our meals we would get the remaining food for enemas. Needless to say, we always ate everything.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When asked why he didn't finish eating the crust from his pizza, a young friend said "I don't eat the bone".— Dustin
- I used to believe that if you licked ice-cream, it would never finish. Anon
- I used to wonder why the oven didn't set food on fire!— danielle
- In a race if you finish several laps down you have to make up for it afterwardsAnon
- My brother believed that bacon(his favorite food) was from horses. — Jenn
- I always believed as a child your stomach was a big hand which squeezed your food out through your bum....— amc