When my brothers were little, they really believe that canned spinach made you stronger because of Popeye. They begged my mom for days to buy them a can of spinach so she finally did. It took them all of 2 seconds to try it and say yuck! They haven't eaten spinach since.
A childhood belief about nasty food

others believed things like this
- I believed Popeye when he said spinach made him strong. Yuk Yuk Yuk— johnboy
- I used to think that if I ate spinach I would have a lot of strength (Popeye)— Fernando
- I used to think that if you ate spinach that eventually, you would be as big as popeye the sailor man.— Corrine
- I used to believe that eating chocolate laxatives made you stronger,don't ask me why.— pat
- i used to believe that bugs came out of canned bug spray Anon
- MY SISTER TOLD ME THAT CANNED SPAGHETTI WERE REALLY WORMS THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SO CHEAP...I BELIEVED— CATHY