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.. to ask for the weird rumours you believed in primary school? (And still sort of do)

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HubbabubbaT · 03/08/2020 23:24

Just remembered these weird ink eraser things.. and how we all were sure they had pig wee in them..!? also that if you swallowed even one piece of chewing gum you'd have to have an operation to remove it ... Etc etc!

.. to ask for the weird rumours you believed in primary school? (And still sort of do)
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Tunnocks34 · 03/08/2020 23:26

There was a rumour in my school about a gang called the ‘smilies’ who would grab you, slice the corner of your mouth and then tickle you until you cut your cheeks open,

I wholeheartedly believed this gang existed until I was about 14!

Thehorrorthehorror · 03/08/2020 23:31

If you swallowed an apple pip, a tree would take root and gradually grow up your throat.

anonm · 03/08/2020 23:34

The ones that still affect me are swallow chewing gum (never have), someone told me the spiders/spiders eggs live at the bottom of bananas & I still always leave about 5cm off the end.

Violetroselily · 03/08/2020 23:34

Those ink erasers were made of pig spit, not wee.

Keenan and Kel were severely maimed and killed in a car accident

The frosties kid drowned himself in a bowl of frosties after years of bullying

Violetroselily · 03/08/2020 23:38

You'd
Jelly aliens had babies if placed back to back

Marilyn Manson had his bottom ribs removed so he could duck himself off

GlummyMcGlummerson · 03/08/2020 23:39

Im still dubious about swallowing chewing gum, I can't bring myself to do it

alislim · 03/08/2020 23:39

If you said I hate the grey lady 3 times in the mirror she'd come and get you.

Violetroselily · 03/08/2020 23:39

*suck, not duck. Poor ducks wouldn't deserve that.

pinkstripeycat · 03/08/2020 23:39

Marilyn Manson had his bottom ribs removed so he could duck himself off

Wasn’t there a rumour Prince did this?

GlummyMcGlummerson · 03/08/2020 23:40

@Tunnocks34

There was a rumour in my school about a gang called the ‘smilies’ who would grab you, slice the corner of your mouth and then tickle you until you cut your cheeks open,

I wholeheartedly believed this gang existed until I was about 14!

I'm pretty sure the Krays used to give people "smilers" 🤮
ApocalypseNowt · 03/08/2020 23:46

That if you said "Bloody Mary" three times with your fingers crossed then span around in the girls loos in the dark she would come and Get You.

1984andout · 03/08/2020 23:51

That a swan could break your arm

Magpies would take all your jewellery

Eatyourbanana · 04/08/2020 00:02

Lol! The kenan & Kel one...

That rumour must of been universal, I heard it too Grin

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HubbabubbaT · 04/08/2020 00:11

@Thehorrorthehorror yes I remember this one too.. and if you ate watermelon seeds one would grow and make your stomach swell and explode Confused
@Tunnocks34 that sounds awful.....!
@Violetroselily ROFL at the frosties kid Grin
@1984andout isn't that true about a swan? I'm sure they can break bones!

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Osirus · 04/08/2020 00:18

I know someone who had their collarbone broken by a swan!

TheWildOnesNeverDie · 04/08/2020 00:20

As a kid I thought quicksand was going to be a much more common problem than it actually is

Also the chewing gum one

Buttybach · 04/08/2020 00:22

That babies come out of your belly button
Don't still believe this

IwishIhadaMargarita · 04/08/2020 00:22

I remember the Marilyn Manson rib thing. It fascinated a sex obsessed ex who tried to suck his own dick but his ribs stopped him.

Randomness12 · 04/08/2020 00:26

That if you said candy man 3 times in a mirror he’d come and get you.

The chewing gum and apple seed ones here too.

Marilyn Manson having a rib removed so he could suck himself off!

Maskedcrusader · 04/08/2020 00:29

Not primary but probably 1st year of comp. Eating a polo whilst smoking JPS black would make you I infertile.

Delbelleber · 04/08/2020 00:31

@Tunnocks34
I remember that, a Chelsea smile. Things like that do happen though Confused

OwlinaTree · 04/08/2020 00:32

The rumour I remember was that when back to the future 3 came out with the hover boards, that they really had hover boards in the USA.

VincaMinor · 04/08/2020 00:41

My mum said if you swallow chewing gum it'll tie itself up in knots inside you and if you pull a face and the wind changes you'll get stuck like that. The dinner ladies at infant school said if you eat cabbage it'll make your hair curl.

IwishIhadaMargarita · 04/08/2020 00:41

A woman at my mums work was convinced my mum couldn’t have children despite her having two. When my mum was a child she had an umbilical hernia and in after an operation she was left with no belly button. ‘You can’t have had children the baby attached onto your belly button inside!’ This was a woman in her 40’s with 2 children.

teaandcustardcreamsx · 04/08/2020 00:50

This wasn’t in primary school although the first year of high school. Someone said about how raspberries are vaginas (esp the little hairs being pubes Hmm) and the bottom of bananas being penises Confused

Bread crusts make your hair curl

It’s definitely pig piss not spit!

Babies came out of belly buttons but then one girl comes up and says how she came out her mother’s butt

Buttercups under your chin to detect if you like butter. It glows if you did and didn’t glow if you didn’t like it. It’s been years and I still don’t fucking get that one Confused