When my brother and I were little, my mom told us that we had to sit up straight when eating at the table, because otherwise the little men in our stomachs would be squished and therefore unable to move the food around...We believed her for many years. I also believed there was a separate little compartment in my stomach just for desserts, and therefore always had room for dessert.
A childhood belief about eating
others believed things like this
- I always believed as a child your stomach was a big hand which squeezed your food out through your bum....— amc
- We put food in our mouths, so naturally I believed my stomach was in my head.— Timb
- My brother believed that bacon(his favorite food) was from horses. — Jenn
- I believed the urban legend that gum stayed in your stomach for 7 years if you swallowed it.— Lindsay
- My friend believed that eating bread crusts or eating mustard will give you curly hair.— Linda from Southern California
- I was told when I was little that eating too much salt on your food would "dry up your blood".Anon