When I was younger my older brother convinced me that cornflakes were made of elephants, which caused me to avoid them like the plague for all of three days, during which time I confined myself to weetabix.
A childhood belief about nasty food
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that one day, my younger brother would be older than me and then he'd pick on me!— Andrew
- My older sister had me convinced that noodles grew on trees, but that rice was man-made...— Trusting little brother
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah
- My older brother made me believe that wristwatches were powered by tiny Japanese men inside them.— Outsider
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon