My mom told me that gum couldn't be digested, so you shouldn't swallow it.
I thought this meant that is I swallowed my gum is would just sit at the bottom of my stomach for the rest of my life.
So every time I chewed gum and did swallow it, I imagined that that chunk went down and added itself to the pile of undigested gum.
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- dont swallow gum, it will stick to your stomach , your whole life.— nancy
- I used to believe that i couldn't swallow bubble gum because it would stick to my stomach— Nathalia
- I used to believe that you shouldn't swallow gum because it would stick to you heart and make it stop beating.Anon
- my mom told my sister and I that if you swallow gum, it won't leave ur stomach for 7 years.— Victoria
- My dad always told me never to swallow the pips from apples because trees would start growing in my stomach!!— ALISON W
- My grandpa told me when I was little that if you swallow chewing gum your butt will be sticky— Lili