I was told that if I swallowed gum that it took years and years to digest. And when it finally did I would be constapated for a long time because of it.
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- i used to believe it took 7 years to digest gum— lorenn
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- i used to believe, when i was about 4 years old, that if you swallowed an ice cube you'd die. — Kritikaa
- I believed the urban legend that gum stayed in your stomach for 7 years if you swallowed it.— Lindsay
- few years ago, finally I found out that asparagus are not big sea fishes.. — nixass
- My Mum told me if I ate too much toast I would get cancer! I couldn't eat it for years and years...— Pauliboy