When I was a child, my father used to say, "Don't pick your nose, or your bum will fall off". This was a good deterrent for about a week... Then I picked my nose (by accident), nothing happened & I figured out that my father was either clueless, or just a liar!
I still pick my nose!!!
A childhood belief about picking my nose
others believed things like this
- When I was a child my father warned me that if i picked my nose, my eye would fall out!— ras
- if you pick your nose your brains will fall out!Anon
- I used to believe if you picked your nose, your brains would fall out your nose.Anon
- My kids believe if they pick their nose their butts will fall off!— wendy
- My wife used to tell our kids that if you pick your nose your brains would fall out— grampy
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie