My dad told me that if I drank coffee, my feet would turn black.....I wonder if that had anything to do with me never acquiring a taste for the stuff?
A childhood belief about drinks

others believed things like this
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon
- I used to think that adults drank coffee because the bad taste would wake them up.Anon
- I used to believe that if you drank coffee before you were an adult, your skin would turn gray. Anon
- if you drank coffee before your 16th birthday, your skin will turn purple.Anon
- I thought black people were black because they drank chocolate milk. — Shelby
- My mom told me if you farted in bed your feet would turn brown.— Tracy