Maybe it was a catch-phrase, a legend, a myth....a babysitter....? We all heard lots of stuff while growing up....such as "Don't Do that-You'll go blind"....or "don't make faces...your face could freeze and stay like that forever"...etc-etc...
Is there anything you are influenced by today that you heard or saw as a child? Good, bad or indifferent...it can be something that affected you in a positive way or just down-right messed with your mind and formulated you to be the weirdo that you are....:)