I used to take the name "Jawbreakers" literally and assumed that they were meant to be chewed at the risk of breaking your teeth.
A childhood belief about sweeties
others believed things like this
- When I was very young, I assumed that false teeth were taken from dead people's teethAnon
- My daughter used to believe that when someone is fired from their job, it meant it literally.— Sally's mommy
- When my mom would say that my eyes were bigger than my stomach I thought she meant it literally.— Amanda
- I used to believ that "Shooting the Bull" literally meant what it states.— DJ
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon