Let's conduct our own study on how we all got breast cancer

My brother, a retired doctor, says it might have come from my mother doing crossword puzzles in the shower. Of course, he was joking, but I do remember doing them myself while taking a bath. Perhaps some kind of toxic chemical reaction occurs when water splashes on the paper? Or maybe it's harmful to think while wet?

Melissa - eating Elmer's paste? Is this a childhood joy I missed out on?

Alice - I hear pencils are jam packed with fiber! As are the paper muffin liners I would peel off the muffin and eat as a kid. Thinking I should check into getting a colonoscopy;)))

Bella - LOL! I once got horribly ill after eating a red Jelly Tot....that I found on the sidewalk. Give me some leeway, I was 5 at the time )))

Or from sneaking a piece of Brach's Pick-A-Mix out of the bins when I was little...too tempting...either that, or I'm going to hell for stealing penny candy

You guys are too funny! Can’t blame mine on beanie babies although I have a zillion or dolls in general. My sister and I bought got it from our Mom. Then again at least for me it coujd have been all the drinking and partying I did in high school and college.

Diane

So glad to find this one...you all are hilarious!! Lol@Vampeyes saying she named her BC after her MIL. Hahahaha!!!

I think my cancer was caused by holding in all that gas when I was young...like in class, on dates etc...

That, or all the POLO cologne I inhaled on those dates. Guys in the 80's wore that like the kids today wear Axe body spray. Heavy!!!

Maybe it was MY perfume. Gloria Vanderbilt and Liz Claiborne!!!

SnoBalls.. pink boob-shaped sugar cakes! I didn't eat too many as an adult though.

Patoo and Egads,

You mentioned stirrup pants a few pages back. I was just in Walmart and saw these. Gawd I hope they're not making a comeback!

Yeah, the stirrup pants, holding the legs down so the cancel cells could not escape through your ankles. Yep, that's on the short list.

I had no idea that all those years of reading under the covers would have resulted in this...

Due state mandate, I have seen "Warning, this product may contain one or more substances known to the state to cause cancer" signs popping up everywhere, including in front of the bread at the bakery at the market, the canned olive section, and most recently, in front of a plate of cookies at a car dealership.

Given the sheer volume of people who eat bread, globally, since antiquity, I doubt typical bread consumption is a major cause

Haven't read all the posts here yet, but I have to say that high-top Reeboks with the velcro straps have to be suspect. I had them in several colors, although not pink.

Lol that doll is a tad freaky.

Going back to the fair thing I think the great from being stuck on the top of the double Ferris wheel did it! (Sounds plausible huh?)

Or maybe it was those hideous Halloween costumes with the plastic masks you couldn't see out of.

Haha Capecodgirl! My mom and I were just talking about that last week. I was about 4 I think, and my dad used to tease me and say I didn't want to watch them because they all had stinky feet, and then he'd laugh like crazy!