I remember the day my dad told my brother to refer to his penis as a "pecker." When I asked him what to call mine, he said something but my mother quickly sushed him. For many years, I was bitter because my brother had something to call his private parts, but I didn't.
A childhood belief about rude bits
others believed things like this
- My mother used to call my behind "a paw paw" and for many years I refused to eat paw paws (papayas)— Garth
- My father used to call soya sauce "monkey blood". I didn't even consider tasting it for years!— Me
- When I was a child, I used to believe that armpits were private parts— Duda Gueiros
- My little brother once asked my mother when we past a couple of factories.. if the factories made clouds— nicky
- My neighbor told me that the insides of acorns tasted like chocolate. They don't. They're really bitter.— Dial Zero
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie