When I was five or six someone told me I should not swallow my gum because I could not digest it. I kept waiting for the day gum would come up my throat because it was piling up in a stack in my tummy.
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- i used to believe it took 7 years to digest gum— lorenn
- my mom told my sister and I that if you swallow gum, it won't leave ur stomach for 7 years.— Victoria
- My grandpa told me when I was little that if you swallow chewing gum your butt will be sticky— Lili
- I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la
- My dad always told me never to swallow the pips from apples because trees would start growing in my stomach!!— ALISON W
- my brother told me that if i ride my bike with my mouth open i will swallow my tounge. Anon