When I was very small I used to think that I had two sets of lungs: one set for breathing with your mouth, one set for your nose. I was convinced that the ridges on the roof of your mouth was the ribcage that protected your mini nose lungs from your food.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the "shark mouth" nose art painted on military planes was to scare enemy pilots away.Anon
- that sneezes were caused by little pixies crawling up your nose and brushing past your nose hairs— Joanna
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie
- When I was in Kindergarten I was told if I picked my nose my nose will go into eternal bleeding— Sam
- My grandparents always told me that if I picked my nose too much, my nose would get bigger.— The Mortal Elf
- I used to believe if you picked your nose, your brains would fall out your nose.Anon