When I was younger my dad told me that he had what was called a 'poot jar.' He said that everyone had one and if I misbehaved he would take it out and open it and make me smell it.
A childhood belief about farting

others believed things like this
- My grandma told me that if I misbehaved, the men in the garbage truck would take me away forever.— Anika
- I used to believe that when I farted, i could smell up all the stench before anyone else could smell it.— Tim
- When I was younger I asked my parents:
"If bees make honey, do flys make marmalade?"— Mike - I used to believe that I could smell when it was going to snow.
(I still can!)— sw - Skunks smell bad because they eat garbage.— Isabel
- I used to believe that hairspray was made of grapes! =) Does't it smell grapey to you? XD— Jaime