When I was young my dad was a P.E. teacher and the football coach at a local high school. He told us how important it was to exercise every day. I was about 4 or 5 and he told us a story about a boy in his class who never exercised. My dad said he tried to teach the boy to do sit-ups, but his bellybutton unraveled and the poor kid flew around the gym really fast like a deflating balloon. He was so serious and sad when he told us, and I thought it was true. I would even get out of bed at night time to do my sit-ups so I would stay in shape. I was so afraid of deflating and flying around the room uncontrollably.
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- I was told when young that if i kept poking my bellybutton my bum would drop off.— vicky
- I used to think the Senior Center was where all the high school seniors got to hang out and cut class— Jordan
- I was told that spaghetti grew on trees and i anounced it in class one day in grammer school.— w.b.
- I used to believe that the Chinese boy in my kindergarten class flew from China every day to get to class.— Debi
- I used to think my elementary school gym teacher's name was "Jim Class".— Brandon Campbell
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft