I used to believe that however old I was, that's how many spoonfuls of sugar I should be allowed to put in my cereal.
I look at that idea very differently now that I'm 37!
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- My mom told me that if I ate raw hotdogs or spoonfuls of sugar, I'd get worms. I believed her until I was 13.— seale
- I thought that a "sugar daddy" was a father who let his kids eat all the sugar they wanted.Anon
- adding too much sugar to foods would give you "sugar worms"...
Anon - I used to believe that when cordial drink said 'sugar free' that you didnt have to pay for the sugar in it!— Grace Lyon New Addington
- My mum told me that if I ate sugar from the sugar bowl I'd get worms.— QueenB
- I used to think that when you poured milk into your cereal, the cereal multiplied.— Allen