i used to believe that the last bite of any banana wasn't good to eat. even as an adult i always threw the last bite away. someone asked me why and i confessed i had no idea why...i just had always thrown away the last bite. it wasn't until i was iun my late twenties that, while thumbing through the encyclopedia, i came across a diagram of a banana. it was split into its constituent parts...80% water, 15% something else and the last bite (5%) was ash. i realized this was the root of my belief since childhood. (even knowing this i still have a tough time eating that last bite)
A childhood belief about nasty food
others believed things like this
- I thought there was a beaver living in the toilet that would bite me if I wasn't ever vigilant. — Camille
- One time my brother asked my mom why mosquitoes bite. She said it was because children are bad.— sue
- I used to believe that slugs were deadly and they would bite you and kill you. 0_o Where did I get that idea?— What was I thinking?
- I thought pink wafer biscuits would bite me if I touched them. Absolutely no idea why.Anon
- Mom told us that if we didn't eat every single bite of our veggies at dinner time, we'd get colon cancer.Anon
- I used to believe my mom kept a lizard in her purse that would bite me if I got into it.Anon