My grandmother told me that each piece of gum I swallowed would just sit in my stomach. The next piece would fall and stick right on top of the old piece. Eventually, this pile of gum would get so high that the last piece would stick in my throat and choke me. I didn't stop swallowing my gum, but each time I wondered if this was the swallow that would kill me.
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- I used to be scared that if I chewed my cuticles and swallowed a piece of skin, I would become a cannibal. Anon
- I used to believe that an Adams apple was a piece of apple that was stuck in someone's throat.— Ron Aaron
- i used to believe that one piece of ear wax was actually called a wach. — rachael
- I used to think that a gherkin was some kind of piece of machinery. I wonder where I got THAT from...— Some Idiot
- I used to believe fax machines instantly teleported a piece of paper to who ever you wanted. Anon
- I thought Spongebob Squarepants was a piece of Swiss cheese.— Melanie