When I was young, I used to believe that if I swallowed my gum, it would be stored someplace in my body until I turned 18, when it would all come out at once. So I always made sure to spit my gum out.
I also thought that if I forced my eyes out of focus that it would affect everyone else's vision, too. They would see things blurry, just like I did. Finally, when I was about 10, I sat my Mom down and did it, and of course, she didn't see anything differently.
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- My Dad told me that Soy Sauce was made of grasshopper spit! I didn't eat it for YEARS!— TawnyKat
- I used to believe pee was stored in your stomach and poo was stored in your back.— Rob
- I used to beleive, that if you swallowed a seed the food would grow in your body.Anon
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne
- When I was little I thought that my urine was stored in my scrotum until I needed to wee.— Bryan
- When I was young my mother told me that if I swallowed bubble gum, it would stick to my liver.— Barbie