My older brother had me convinced that flour would burn your hands if you
touched it. It never occurred to me for several years to wonder why Mom
could use it all the time to bake and it never burned her.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- When my dad was little his older siblings convinced him that there were flocks of flying turtles.— Anonymous
- I used to believe that when a person was "fired" from their job, that they were literally burned at the stake.Anon
- My older sister had me convinced that noodles grew on trees, but that rice was man-made...— Trusting little brother
- I thought firefighters were really "firefires," and burned houses down insted of putting them out.Anon