When I was growing up in the Philippines, my brother and sisters would tell me that if I get cut, that rice and carabao would come out. I thought to myself, "Yeah right! Carabao! PLEASE! But what am I gonna do when rice comes out?"
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- my brother told me rice crispies were really fish eggs we gave to the goldfish. I never ate rice crispies.— johnboy
- I thought rice was just another way to prepare a potato, like mashed or fries.— Me
- When I was young, I thought that rice was actually ants eggs! Didn't stop me from eating it though (: -@— Doh!
- My Nan used to say that if you ate rice pudding every day you would live till 100.— Jayne
- Someone told my that rice was really spider eggs. I still don't look at it the same. Anon
- I used to believe that if you ate rice and water and jumped up and down you would explode. Thanks Dad.— Nina