I had a uncle with a prosthetic leg that had black rubber toes. One day when I was small, about 7 or so, I saw this and, not knowing his leg was not a "real" leg asked him why his toes were black? He said it was from drinking coffee. I never picked up the habit of drinking coffee because I believed his story and I did not want my toes to turn black.
A childhood belief about nasty food
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
- Drinking coffee before your 12 yrs, old will make the white in your eyes turn brown.— dawn b.
- until 12 yo i thought buying and drinking coffee was illegal when you were under 18:) — smarty
- I always thought there was a drinking age for coffee, because it was an adult drink like beer and wine.Anon
- i used to believe that peas were toes — DJ
- When I was little, I thought that if I slept with socks on, my toes would grow together.— Laura