when i was little, my mother told me that boogers were actually dead bugs so that i wouldn't pick my nose and possibly consume it.
i believed this, without a second thought until i was about 13 and thought "hey wait a minute".
i was a dumb kid.
A childhood belief about picking my nose
others believed things like this
- One day i told my mom that i wouldnt pick my nose until the boogers made it look like i was a walrus— Lotta Thang
- I heard a mother in the street tell her young son not to pick his nose...because his head would cave in. — Ruby
- My mum always told me not to pick my nose and eat it because spiders would grow in my tummy......— Ben
- my mom told not to pick my nose because if i fell i would poke my brain.— brent
- I used to think there were little booger factories in your nose that made boogers.— Melith
- my grandpa told me if you pick your nose too far then a snail will bite your finger off haAnon