body parts

For years I believed that babies came out of an oven in a factory and that God pressed their tummies, like you would a cake, and pronounced "you're done" - and I had proof of this because my navel was obviously where God had prodded me! I also believed that dark skinned ladies used cocoa powder as face powder and that hill sheep were a special breed with two legs shorter than the others so that they could stand upright. Thanks, Dad!!!

I was born in Tanzania, E/Africa of Indian origin. There were some white people with freckles. My dad told us that the reason white people have frckles is because they eat lots of tinned food and we non whites didn't as we could't efford tinned and always had fresh food! Can you imagine my red haired freckled g/friend's face when I told her that?!!!

As a child my parents told me that if I kissed the boys my teeth would all fall out. Needless to say, I used to kiss my little boyfriende anyway, and I thought I was getting away with it, too, until my teeth started dropping out!

When I was about 7 or so I had a nervous habit of chewing on my hair. My mom told me that if I did that I would start growing hair in my stomach and would eventually choke to death. That sure stopped me.

When I was three years old my brother was pulling the reel type lawnmower (no motor) and I started to push on the roller and my hand slipped and I cut off part of my left index finger. The Dr. fixed it and when I asked if it would grow back he told me it would. I believed it would until I started school.

I used to wonder why the heart and lungs didn't rattle around all over the place inside you. I had seen the picture of the body showing the skeleton and the heart and lungs on a poster at school as a five year old and thought the rest of your insides were just empty space. Didn't work that one out for years!

When I was a child my mom used to threaten me that if I bite others they can revenge me by applying sandal on the bitten spot so that all my teeth would fall off. One day I was frightened a lot after biting my sister that I was closing my mouth all day in the fear of losing my teeth and from that day I never bit others.

I used to believe that if I touched a black person I would turn black.

I was told that by one of my big sisters friends that if I played with my belly button my skin would roll off. I think perhaps she had a problem with hers in retrospect

When I was little I had a fascination with my belly-button, but stopped when my mum told me if i didn't leave my belly-button alone, my bum would fall off.

Mummy told me that my belly button had an unlimmited amount of wool in it. When I was in the bath, why didn't I shrink?

When I was little my Mother told me that if I 'played' with my belly button my arms and legs would fall off. I believed this for years!!

My wife has an Uncle Bill who used to own a couple bakeries. As a child Uncle Bill lost a portion of his middle finger in a farming accident. My wife along with her bother, sisters and numerous cousins believed for years his explanation as to the shortened finger. He told them that it was wore down from punching all the holes in the donuts.

I have two small moles on each side of the back of my neck. I hated
them, so I told my mom I was going to pick them off. She told me I
would bleed to death!

my dad used to pretend to pull my nose off and hold his thumb between his index and middle finger. I believed he had and would scream, "give me it back!" which he kindly did.

My dad told me that he had a 'dog poo warning trumpet' attached to his lips. When we walked down the street, everytime he saw dog poo he'd make a loud trumpet noise so we'd know to watch our feet! Although I don't believe it anymore, he still makes the trumpet noises 20 years on!