Me and my aunt were watching Cops and there was a man with his thumb in his belly button! He was born that way so the cops had to cuff him in the front. So my aunt told me that if i bit my nails my thumb would grow into my bellybutton. I beleived her.....
A childhood belief about biting my nails

others believed things like this
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- My mother told me that if I kept sucking my thumb I would grow another one out the side of the first one.Anon
- When I was six, my cousin told me that if I stuffed my bra the cops would come get me and take me to jail.— Juliea
- I used to believe that your thumb would come off if you sucked your thumb too much— Anonymous
- I used to believe that undercover cops hid under covers/sheets. — Holly
- I used to wonder why so many cops in movies were called "Lieutenant" as a christian name.— chris