Although I never thought it would kill me, I used to think that gum would get stuck on my ribs if I swallowed it and just be a gooey mess.
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- My cousin thought ribs at restaurants were people ribs.Anon
- I thought baby back ribs were from actual babiesAnon
- I used to only sleep on my back because I thought I would break my ribs if I slept on my stomach.— Molly
- When I was little my sister told me that if I put a C.D. in the wrong case, it would mess up the C.D.'s songs.— Torrie
- When I was little I swallowed an ice cube and thought I was going to freeze.
— Squirrel 1254 - When I was a kid I thought if I bit my finger off and swallowed it it would pop back into place— Mike