when i was about six, my dad told me that only girls farted, because he was trying to put the blame of his farts on my step-mum. i believed him up until i was about ten when i realised that boys did indeed fart.
A childhood belief about farting

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you farted really hard, you could fart a hole in your pants. How dumb was that?— stargirl
- When I was a little girl, I believed that all cats were girls and all dogs were boys. :)— Mary Ellen
- When I was little, I believed that all cats were girls and all dogs were boys. Go figure!— Laurie W.
- I thought that the difference between girls and boys was that girls have teeth.
Anon - I once told a friend of mine that if you held in a smelly burp, it'd turn into a fart. She believed me.Anon
- i believed that the holes in swiss cheese were cow farts.— lily