i used to believe it took 7 years to digest gum
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- For years and years I believed that tuna must be really little fish because they came in such small cans!!— Gisela
- For years and years I thought telephone poles grew.— Maureen
- My Mum told me if I ate too much toast I would get cancer! I couldn't eat it for years and years...— Pauliboy
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- When I was about three years old my dad said that he was ten years old and I believed him.Anon
- I used to believe that all nuns were men when I was 4 years old.— SS