I used to think if you chewed gum while using the toilet it would come out your butt. I would always spit out gum before sitting down.
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that crocodiles lived in the toilet and would bite my butt when I had to go to the loo.— Oz
- i used to think that when i was pooping a crocodile could come out of the toilet and bite my butt off.— derek
- I used to think you could get pregnant by sitting on a toilet seat.— Lisa
- I used to think that my dad was "smoking pot" when he would smoke his pipe while sitting on the toilet. Anon
- I used to be scared that if I chewed my cuticles and swallowed a piece of skin, I would become a cannibal. Anon
- When I was little my dad told me that if I chewed on aluminum foil I would pick up radio stations. — Alex Allegretto