When I was little, the cartoons would sometimes show the characters sneezing because of breathing pepper that was in the air. I tried it myself by inhaling some to see if it would work. I spent the next 30 minutes with a wet towel up my nose because of the stinging. And no, I never sneezed.
A childhood belief about cartoons
others believed things like this
- I believed Dr. Pepper was pepper-flavored medicine and was afraid to drink it.Anon
- I used to believe that Dr. Pepper actually tastes like Black pepper. I'm still afraid to try it.Anon
- I used to think a mustache grew out of your nose hairs. I tried to let mine grow, but it didn't work. — Barry
- I used to think when somebody sneezed you were supposed to say 'Gableshew'.— gablesh
- I used to believe that if you sneezed with your eyes open you would die!— Becky
- I used to think that foreign people coughed and sneezed in a different language.— Even more stupid