My mother told me that when she was little my uncle would tell her that your belly button is where all your skin was tied in a knot to keep it from falling off and that if you somehow cut it or if you messed with it all your skin would fall off and you be just muscle and bone walking around
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if your belly button came undone your skin would fall off! Anon
- My mom says that when she was growing up, she thought that her belly button was where her skin came together.— Dana
- I used to believe your belly button was a knot that held you together - my parents had wierd anatomical views— anne
- I used to think if you messed with your belly button too much, It would pop out and you would spring a leak.— Jessica
- In 'Call Me Maybe', I misheard 'Ripped jeans skin' as 'Rich cheese skin'. — Carly Rae Cheddar
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann