I didn't eat Gushers for years, because I didn't want my head to turn into an oversized fruit. Apparently no one explained the concept of special effects to me as a kid.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- When I was 4, I thought that if I ate Fruit Gushers, my head would turn into a fruit. — Joe
- I used to believe that gushers would turn my head into fruit— Akrid
- I use to belive that if you ate a gusher your head would really turn into a fruit!— Rachelle
- When I was younger I thought that if I ate Gusher's, my head would turn into fruit, like in the commercialsAnon
- My sister thought a fruit machine (the gaming device) could turn one item of fruit into another.— Richard Davies
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle