My dad used to give me a piece of dry spaghetti to chew on when he was cooking, and once he told me that if i ate it, it would swell up inside my stomach. I asked him how much it would swell and he indicated that it would grow to an inch in diameter. I believed this until i was about 18 and figured that would be impossible!
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- My family told me that if I ate uncooked oatmeal that it would swell up and my stomach would explode.— david
- i was told when i was young that if i swollowed gum my stomach would grow teeth to chew it— gammie
- I was told that if you chew your hair you end up with a hairball in your stomach and DIE!!!!!— Cat
- I used to believe that if you ate the pips in apples a tree would grow inside your stomach.— QueenB
- When I was little, I used to believe that people REALLY DID need a pinch to grow an inch.— Marjorie McNaughton
- I thought the tip jar at the restaurant was so people could give the chef cooking tips for how to cook better.Anon