watermelons

My mom used to tell us that if we ate watermelon seeds that a watermelon tree would grow in our stomachs. My brother got this brilliant idea that if he swallowed quarters, he would grow a quarter tree in his stomach and be rich.

Anon

My mom used to tell me that I musn't eat anything but the pink part of the watermelon. She said that the pips would grow in my tummy, and that the green part by the skin would kill me if I ate it...

Bronagh Lee

I used to watch rugrats when i was a little kid, and there was an episode where a watermelon grew inside of Chuckie's stomach. Because of that, I was always afraid to eat a watermelon because i thought if i swallowed a seed, that would happen to me. I thought it was true until i was about 8.

Kasie

My classmate told me that If I ate a Watermelon I'll have watermelon growing in my stomach.....I told it to the tearcher and he told me that a watermelon can't grow there because of acid in our body.......It can't survive but anything is possible but maybe not this!!!! K

Janelle

When I was little my cousin was pregnant . I asked why she had such a big tummy. She told me that she swallowed a watermellon seed and it grew. From that point on I never ate watermellons

Ruth

when i was little one of my friends told me if i swallowed a watermelon seed a watermelon would grow in my stomach and it would take over my body!!!!! but watermelons were my favorite food and one day my mom bought one and i refused to eat it and i told her why and she told me it wasnt true!!

miley

When I was a kid, I used to believe that the green outer rind of watermelons (and for a while, the white part too, lol), was poisonous.

Emily

I used to believe that if you swallowed a watermelon seed, a watermelon tree would grow inside your stomach and you would explode.

Leigh

I used to believe that if you ate the black seeds of a watermelon, the watermelons would grow out of your ears.!!~!

Volleyball~Chic

I used to believe that if I ate the black seeds in watermelon, I'd grow a watermelon in my tummy. So whenever I would get watermelon with any black seeds, I'd spit them out. However, one day I told my mom and dad about the black seeds, and how bad they were b/c you'd grow a watermelon in your stomach. My dad responded, " What? Get outa here...you wont grow a watermelon in your stomach," and everyone was laughing at me.

Lauren

When I was little my grandfather told me that if you swallowed a watermelon seed a baby would grow in your belly. Black seeds made black babies, and white seeds made white babies. When I went to my older & wiser 12 yr old aunt upset that I was going to have a baby after accidently swallowing a seed, she explained that you could only have a baby if a boy and girls pee-pees touched. For a long time after that I was scared to pee in a toilet without first flushing it, thinking there might be some boy pee in it and make a baby.

Anon

when i was a little girl i ask my sister why her tummy was so big and she told me that she ate a watermelon seed and a watermelon growth inside her them she had her baby and i put two and two together and that where i thougth baby came from

Anon

when I was young, my grandpa used to tell me that if I ate watermelons, I would grow chest-hair. I'm a girl, so I haven't eaten a watermelon since.

lilchica

Until I was about ten (!) I used to believe that watermelons grew on trees.

the physicist

My mom was pregnant with my little brother..

It was fourth of July and we were eating watermelon. I had swollowed most of the seeds and my mom says "You should be careful Melissa, Eating watermelon seeds makes you grow watermelons like this" And she pointed at her stomach.

So ever sense I am sure to spit out the seeds when eating watermelon.

Melissa

When i was about 3 years old, my dad came home one day and i saw he was holding a watermelon. (i've never seen one before) i yelled out WOW THAT'S A BIG CUCUMBER!

heather

i used to believe that if you eat a watermelon seed a plant grow in your stomach!

Carla Ramirez

i used to beleive that when you eat watermelons that a whole big plant a water melon tree LOL! would grow inside me ha ha and i'd cry and cry untill my parents would say that it not true

Ebony Phillips

I used to believe that if you ate watermelon seeds, a watermelon would grow in your stomach. It made sense to me because i just thought that a pregnant woman ate some watermelon seeds by accident.

water_melon

I used to believe that the white part on the watermelon (right after the pink part) was horribly poisonous. Everytime I ate watermelon I made sure to stay away from the white part!
I believed this up until last year when I was at a birthday party and my friends said I was crazy!

Rainbow