As a child, i used to find toothpaste particularly yummy. To prevent me from eating too much of it, my dad always told me tht very soon, id have a 'toothpaste tree' growing in my tummy and out of my mouth. That really did make me apprehensive abt my fav meal.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- my nanna told me if I swallowed gum that I would have a gum tree growing out of my tummy— ms pouty
- For some reason I used to believe humans were made out of toothpaste— lu
- if you eat toothpaste straight from the tube, you will get worms— wormelow
- When I was a child, I used to believe that adding sugar would lower the over-salty taste of a meal.— Francois
- I used to believe that if you swallowed cherry pits, you would have a tree growing in your stomach.— porkchop
- I thought a "cold sore" on your mouth was the same thing as "coleslaw" and so avoided eating it for years.— Helen (UK)