as a child of a 'neat freak' my mother used to stress about crumbs on the counter because 'tomorrow we'll have ants'. i wish she had been more specific, for the longest time i thought crumbs turned into ants.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you left crumbs out for a long period of time, they would turn into ants.— Bylaberrie
- I used 2 believe crumbs turned into bugs.— Jen
- When I was little my mother told me that the chocolate sprinkles you put on ice-cream were ants.Anon
- I used to think that the sleep in my eyes at the breakfast table were toast crumbs.— crawford
- I used to believe if you planted donut crumbs in the ground, you could grow a donut tree.Anon
- Thank you to the person who said that red ants don't eat flesh. I always thought they did! — Lola***Rose