When I was little, i was soo afraid to drink black coffee thinking that it would make me dark. It really was my grandfather's fault coz he drinks a lot of coffee and he was, well.. really dark! :)
A childhood belief about drinks

others believed things like this
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon
- I used to think it was illegal for children to drink coffee— C.W.
- I always thought there was a drinking age for coffee, because it was an adult drink like beer and wine.Anon
- Drinking coffee before your 12 yrs, old will make the white in your eyes turn brown.— dawn b.
- I used to believe that coffee was tea with milk in it.Anon
- I thought you could get toffee from mixing tea and coffee.Anon