If you swallow chewing gum you will die

When I was very young, my Dad told me that my lungs were two sacks (I imagined hessian sacks in a dusty old room) and my digestive system was a series of cogs and wheels. I swallowed chewing gum once and Dad said if I do that it gets tangled in my cogs and they stop turning. This of course scared the living daylights out of me, thinking I could die through swallowing gum! I can still picture the sacks and the cogs. And I never swallowed gum again!

Anon

i believed that if u swallowed chewing gum you would die beacuase it would wrap around the heart

bex

My cousin's mom (my aunt) used to tell her that if she swallowed gum, she would die. My aunt (about 50 years old) actually DOES believes this.

Freaky, I know.

Grace

I was told by my sister, and I used to believe, that if I swollowed chewing gum i'd die.
Like.. if I swallowed it more than 2 or 3 times.

Nick M

When I was very young my mother told me that if I swallowed a piece of gum it would stick to my heart and make it stop beating. Needless to say, to this day my gum always ends up in the trash.

Jason

Someone I knew used to believe that if you swallowed gum it would make a bubble and block food from going into your stomach, thus killing you. Much to my relief, I had discovered eventually that for swallowing gum to be bad for you, you would have to swallow about 7 pieces a day for about a month. I was a weird kid.

SparkyTheOtherReindeer

I used to believe that if you swollowed you gum, that it would stick to your heart and then you'll die.

Ebony

My Dad told me I'd choke to death if I swallowed bubble gum. Even today I panic for a second if I swallow some gum. Thanks Dad.

Scott

When I was little my older sister told me if you swallowed chewing gum it would wind itself around your heart and stop it beating.

Clare

When I was young my parents told me that i would die if i swallowed chewing gum. Then one day I accidentally swallowed some and I was convinced I was going to die. For hours I sat on my bed feeling sad and sccared and I didnt have the courage to tell them. I was amazed when I didnt die and then the penny dropped!

shanny

I used to think that when u swallowed gum it would get stuck to ur heart n u wud have a heart attack. i kno thats not tru now but i still dun like to swallow gum

Anon

wen i was 7-8 i used 2 belive that u must NEVER swallow bubble gum bcoz it would get stuk in ur throat and i would choke and die
i still believe it 2 this day

Jacqui

I used to believe that if you swallowed bubble gum you would die immediately.

Claire Moo

As a child I was told that if I swallowed chewing gum it would stick to my ribs and I wouldn´t be able to breath and die. I guess that's why there is so much chewing gum stuck under school desks!

Joanne

I used to believe that is you ate chewing gum you'd die so I never went near it. I screamed and cried when my big sister ate it as I thought she'd die! To this day I can say I have NEVER chewed gum.

Gum

My primary school headmaster told me that if I swallowed chewing gum, it would stick over the flap on my lungs and I would die because I couldn't breath. I didn't eat chewing gum for years after that.

JenIguana