To get me to quit the never-ending nail-biting, my mom used to say that the bits of nails I swallowed would give me appendicitis, and then she pointed at the spot in my lower belly where my appendix was supposed to be and described the horrible pains I’d suffer. I never quit, but because of that odd prognosis of hers, I pictured my digestive system as a very simple mechanism consisting of 2 metal chutes going from my throat to my lower belly – one which would take all food and drink to the left, I guess to the stomach, and the other which would recognize and separate nails only and then send them to the right, straight to the appendix.
A childhood belief about biting my nails
others believed things like this
- I didn't know whether nail files were supposed to make your nails sharper or duller.Anon
- My Dad told me that biting my nails would result in a large toenail being attached to my stomach lining.— LindaAG
- i used to think that biting my nails would make my fingers fall off! ;)— Cassandra
- i was told that if i kept biting my nails i would grow hairs on my tongue i was 10 yrs old by the way— charlotte anderson
- i used to believe that when you had cramps your appendix would blow up.— Avery
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura