My Da always told me that if you swallowed gum, it would end up in your appendix because thats what they were for. I ALWAYS spit out my gum when he said that!!
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that when you had cramps your appendix would blow up.— Avery
- My Dad told me that Soy Sauce was made of grasshopper spit! I didn't eat it for YEARS!— TawnyKat
- when I was seven my brother told me that if I swallowed chewing gum my arm would drop off.— john
- My Mum told me that if you swallowed chewing gum, your bones would stick together inside you.— Pauliboy
- my nanna told me if I swallowed gum that I would have a gum tree growing out of my tummy— ms pouty
- I used to believe that big grasshoppers would spit tobacco at you if you got too close to them.— Uni