body functions

I was kept busy for a long time as a child in the effort to kiss my elbow. If you can do that (everyone knows...) you can change your gender.

I once asked my mother how people got AIDS. She responded, "By being naughty." I was baffled trying to come up with a mechanism by which particular germs could enter my system only when I disobeyed my parents.

I used to believe…

When i was a kid i was so obsessed with Power rangers that every night before i went to sleep i believed that if i prayed to god too hard he would make me the WHITE RANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA Bad Guys Watch out!!!!!!! HERE I COOOOOOOOOOMMMMEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I used to believe that in your stomach there was a huge cauldron. And when you ate the food went into the cauldron. Whenever you ate too much food, the cauldron would overflow and thats why you would throw up.

I used to believe…

As a child I was plagued with the unfortunate, frequent occurances of cold sores. When asked by friends about what was on my lip, I would say, "Oh, it's just a coldslaw." Then I would get puzzled looks. I guess my mother's thick accent made the word sound wrong but I didn't know it.

I used to believe…

When I was little, I thought that diarrhea was a mixture of poop and pee.

I really used to believe that I could actually see air. No amount of arguments to the contrary could disuade me and I used to get very fustrated at people because they couldn't see it too.

I have absolutely no idea what I must have been looking at - I've tried since but can't see it anymore.

I used belive that had a telekantic control of the disney compay. I was one weird kid

I used to believe…

We i was 6 I used to believe that when Clark Kent changed into superman he just turned his suit inside out.

I used to believe that your body was hollow, so when you ate, the food went all the way down to your feet and filled up your body from your feet all the way up. When it got to your mouth, you were full.

I used to believe…

When I was maybe 8 I used to be very scared of catching rabies.
I had read/heard that if you have rabies, you get really scared of water, and can't stand to drink it.
Sometimes, to see if I had rabies or not, I would pour myself a glass of water and see if I was scared of it.
Then I would see how much I could drink. If I could drink the whole glassfull, that meant I didn't have rabies. But if I couldn't, that meant I had rabies.
I expect that then I would tell my mum, who would give me some 'special medicine' to cure my rabies (after unsuccessfully trying to convince me that I didn't have rabies in the first place.)

I used to believe…

Growing up during the 80s scared the living shit out of me. Almost everyday, there was talk about diseases transferred through blood or sexual contact. Any girl I got close to freaked me out and when I was in a room that had blood I was afraid it somehow hopped onto me.

I used to believe that i could see through things- I put my hand in fron of my face and a saw through it

I used to believe that everyone had special powers but they would never show them to me because they were scared I might feel bad because I dont have any!!!

i remember the first time i read about HIV and how can needles be one of the ways that transmits the virus. back then i was a bout 8 or 9 and one of my aunts had diabetes. one day she forgot to throw away her insulin needle and i felt i should pick it up and toss it in the garbage can. while i was about to do that, it accidentally pricked me. i didn't tell anyone and i was confidant i had aids and that i was dying. i was depressed for quite a while.

I used to believe…

when i was 8-12 i believed that i'd get ink poisoning if i got ink (pen, marker, etc..) on the inside of my wrist.. this is because i could see the veins through my skin.