my Dad used to tell me that he was saving his belly button lint in a bar stored in his closet to make a huge pillow. bah!
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- I used to think your belly button was there to collect the lint of your shirt!Anon
- I used to believe that belly button lint came from the *inside*. Why else would it always be the same color?Anon
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- I used to believe pee was stored in your stomach and poo was stored in your back.— Rob
- babies come out of your belly button— Kit
- when I was a kid I thought that babies come out of a belly-button.— Ana