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Ireneparalegal · 09-27-2005, 02:13 PM

What old wives tales do you believe in, or believed at one point?
Up until the age of 17 I would never eat a banana past 6 p.m. because my older sister had told me that our mom said it was bad to eat late in the evening. We would get a stomache ache, or worse, we would get constipated. It wasn't until my dad's wife was making banana splits one late evening and when she offered me one, I told her abt not eating bananas late. She started laughing and told me that was an old wives' tale. So, I have been enjoying them past 6 p.m. ever since. Stupid huh? LOL

The Chauffeur · 09-27-2005, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

What old wives tales do you believe in, or believed at one point?
Up until the age of 17 I would never eat a banana past 6 p.m. because my older sister had told me that our mom said it was bad to eat late in the evening. We would get a stomache ache, or worse, we would get constipated. It wasn't until my dad's wife was making banana splits one late evening and when she offered me one, I told her abt not eating bananas late. She started laughing and told me that was an old wives' tale. So, I have been enjoying them past 6 p.m. ever since. Stupid huh? LOL

geez I have to think about that one, I know there were a few I believed.

Kay Scarpetta · 09-27-2005, 02:31 PM

The whole thing about gum taking 3 years to digest if it's swallowed... but I guess it never bothered me. I always swallow my gum

Dumballa · 09-27-2005, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Kay Scarpetta

The whole thing about gum taking 3 years to digest if it's swallowed... but I guess it never bothered me. I always swallow my gum

I always thought it was 7 years when I was growing up. Didn't do much to deter me though because for a while when I was in like 6th grade, I would use my lunch money to buy Big League Chew. Weird though, I can't remember if I swallowed.(the gum

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Penny Lane · 09-28-2005, 09:10 PM

I was always terrified of eating the white part of a watermelon rind. My grandma said that it would make a person deathly sick! It took me years to get over that!

Rhiannon · 09-28-2005, 09:36 PM

I always believed the gum thing too.

Ireneparalegal · 09-28-2005, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Penny Lane

I was always terrified of eating the white part of a watermelon rind. My grandma said that it would make a person deathly sick! It took me years to get over that!

yeah, i had heard something like that. It took me awhile too to get over it. the gum thing just barely went away a year ago when I watched on one of those discovery channel shows that said that was a myth. your stomach will digest the gum.

09-27-2005, 02:13 PM	#1
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09-27-2005, 02:31 PM	#3
Kay Scarpetta Defy Gravity 8.26.05 Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 04, 2001 Location: La Vie Boheme Posts: 28,013	The whole thing about gum taking 3 years to digest if it's swallowed... but I guess it never bothered me. I always swallow my gum
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09-28-2005, 09:10 PM	#5
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 51,261	I was always terrified of eating the white part of a watermelon rind. My grandma said that it would make a person deathly sick! It took me years to get over that!
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09-28-2005, 09:36 PM	#6
Rhiannon oh, snap! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jul 19, 2002 Location: middle of nowhere Posts: 11,097	I always believed the gum thing too.
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