I used to believe that spinach made me strong. Popeye was a popular cartoon back then. I ate spinach one night and then ran outside to where our little swingset had fallen over. I picked it up and righted it, and had proof that, yes, spinach works. But I still never ate much of it.
A childhood belief about cartoons
others believed things like this
- I believed Popeye when he said spinach made him strong. Yuk Yuk Yuk— johnboy
- I used to think that if I ate spinach I would have a lot of strength (Popeye)— Fernando
- I used to think that if you ate spinach that eventually, you would be as big as popeye the sailor man.— Corrine
- There was a popular rumor back in grade school that BUBBLE YUM gum was made with spider eggs.— Amber
- I thought a "fallen soldier" was one who'd tripped and fallen during a battle.Anon
- i used to think that my dad turned into the boogie monster at night if i picked my nose before i went to bed— hollie