When I was a kid there were these candies called pop rocks. My friends and i believed that if you didn't let them finish popping in your mouth they would make your stomach explode.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- I believd that if you ate popping candy and drank softdrink just afterwards your stomach would explode— Kat
- If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explodeAnon
- I used to believe that you would explode if you drank cola and ate pop rocks at the same time.Anon
- When I was little, I believed that if I didn't go to the bathroom quick enough, I would actually explode.— Coco S.
- i thought that soft drinks in America would explode in a person's mouth bocause they call it 'pop'.— Aussie!
- My family told me that if I ate uncooked oatmeal that it would swell up and my stomach would explode.— david