I was once told that if you farted while making a funny face or gesture with your body, you would stay with that expression or in that position forever. I told myself that it was rubbish, but never really had the guts to try it.
A childhood belief about farting
others believed things like this
- My mom always told me if I made an ugly face it would stay that way forever.Anon
- If you pulled a face, and the clock struck on the hour, your face would stay in that position.— Jo V...NL
- I thought the expression "so funny I forgot to laugh" was literal instead of sarcastic— Not so funny after all
- if i rolles my eyes, it would stay like that foreverAnon
- My friend told me she had invented the expression 'Gordon Bennett' and I believed her!— SueE
- I used to believe that bodies that were embalmed would stay preserved forever.— Leelee