My dad was a doctor; so I believed him when he told me that if I unscrewed and unscrewed and unscrewed my bellybutton, my butt would fall off. I still don't like my bellybutton to be touched.
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann
- I used to believe that my sister unscrewed her head to get her necklace off!— Nancy
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
- That if you fiddled with your bellybutton it would unscrew your bum and it would fall off— Sundaeg1rl
- I was told when young that if i kept poking my bellybutton my bum would drop off.— vicky
- If you touch your bellybutton, it will get infected.Anon