I used to believe that if I swallowed too many wads of gum, they would stay in my stomach and one day they would all stick together and form a big ball and then it would expload in me and i would die. i was terrified of gum until i was 7!
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- my mom made me believe that if i swallowed my chewing gum, it would form one big wad in my stomach.— mimi
- i used to believe that if you swallowed gum, when you breathed in, your stomach would stick to your back— cope
- My Mum told me that if you swallowed chewing gum, your bones would stick together inside you.— Pauliboy
- I beleived that if i bit my fingers then the nails in my stomach would soon form a hand and rip up my insides!— Amanda T.
- When I was young my mother told me that if I swallowed bubble gum, it would stick to my liver.— Barbie
- My Grand father told me that if i swallowed chewing gum i would stick to the toilet— Mr Jones