I believed that when you lied, a silver screwdriver would shoot out of Heaven and unscrew your bellybutton and your BUTT would FALL OFF, and you’d be SHOWN to be a liar!
How did I come up with that one? I didn’t– MOM told me that, and I believed her. Asked when I was grown up why she told me that, and she said, “Well, Suzi, whenever you were trying to lie to me, the first thing you did was cover your stomach”. Yup, my Mom!
A childhood belief about lies
others believed things like this
- That if you fiddled with your bellybutton it would unscrew your bum and it would fall off— Sundaeg1rl
- My Grandmother once told me she could unscrew her feet. I believed that for years.— Andy Bettison
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
- If you undo your belly-button with a screwdriver, your legs will fall off.— Toby
- someone could unscrew my belly button, and if they did, my head would fall offAnon
- When I was a child, I believed that grown-ups didn't lie.Anon