my brother and I used to think we could make bubblegum balls ourselves. We would roll chewed up saltines into balls, cover them with pepto bismol (pink and minty), and leave them in the refrigerator to harden. it didn't work.
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- When I was a kid My friend’s mom told me if I swallowed my bubblegum it would make me fart bubblegum bubblesAnon
- I thought planes collected clouds to make cotton balls.— Eddie
- I remember once a friend of mine told me that when ever you hold in your pee it would make your balls stronger— Zao
- I used to believe that the clouds were made of cotton balls— Jeannie
- i used to beleive cotton balls were marshmellows— carly