my mom told me that if i held in too many farts, i would explode. i took it seriously.
A childhood belief about farting

others believed things like this
- i thought that if you held in your fart you burp if you happen to hold both in you explode!— ahh!
- My dad always told me to never hold my sneeze and if I did, then my head will explode.— anon.
- When I was 7 my brother told me that when the space of the computer runs out it will explode.— Sam
- My brother once told me that if you burp and fart at the same time, you'd explode— Aubrey
- My family told me that if I ate uncooked oatmeal that it would swell up and my stomach would explode.— david
- My sister told me once that if I sucked too much helium out of a balloon, my lungs would explode.Anon