When I was younger my Dad used to tell my if I farted too much my ass would fall off, so I tried not to fart and I ran up to him a few week later telling him it had fallen off when I got in the bath.
A childhood belief about farting

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you farted really hard, you could fart a hole in your pants. How dumb was that?— stargirl
- I thought a "fallen soldier" was one who'd tripped and fallen during a battle.Anon
- when i was younger (8 or 9) and i farted my dad used to tell me not to worry, that my bum just coughed.— james
- When I was younger, I used to believe if i covered my ears before I farted no one else would hear it.— Lime
- That only men farted. I literally started sobbing the first time I realized I farted.Anon
- my mother was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!— lv