When I was two years old, I ate chewing gum thinking that it was candy. When I was six, I was told that if you swallowed chewing gum, it would stay in your stomach for seven years. I actually believed that!
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- my mom made me believe that if i swallowed my chewing gum, it would form one big wad in my stomach.— mimi
- If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explodeAnon
- When i was a kid i believed that you died if you swallowed chewing gum.— Jonathan
- 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