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I used to be afraid that if I turned on the tap while the toliet was flushing, the toilet water would come out the tap.

H

I used to believe that everything you flushed down the toilet ended up in "Hell".

Abi

I used to think that whenever you used the toilet, everything that was flushed went into the tank and I wondered how it could hold so much and why it didn't smell.

Elisa

The toilet was an interesting thing to me, I could never figure out where everything went, so I used to think that when you went to the bathroom you were actually feeding a whole community of tiny people underground, so when you made a big poop, they were really happy about it.

hds

When I was about three, I decided it would be fun to flush a pair of underwear. I guess it must have clogged the toilet, because my Mom and Dad were very upset with me.

Mom yelled at me and explained that Dad would have to find the underwear and pull it out of the toilet. I wondered how he would fit in, and whether he would need scuba gear. I also wondered what would have happened if my underwear had made it all the way to the lake--how on earth would he find it?

Mike

I used to believe that if I wasn't at home, I wasn't allowed to go to the toilet unless someone offered, as my mum had told me not to take something at someone's house unless they offered it to you. Consequently, whenever i was at a friend's house, I had "accidents" a lot. Fortunately I grew out of this at 7

wet girl (UK)

I used to think that if you flushed the toilet, your pee/poop/vomit/toilet water/fishy would go straight to hell.

Smurfette

When I was in about 1st grade, my friend told me that this little man came out of the toilet and pinched her but when she went to the bathroom. I believed everyword she said and imagined him as this little leprechaun type thing with pinchers for hands. I even kept vigils at the toilets trying to catch a glimpse of him. How dumb

Amy

when i was about 5 i went to the pool with my dad and brother. They both had to pee and my dad didn't wanna leave me alone so he took me in the guys toilet. It was the first time i had ever seen i guys toilet and i thought that the urinal was a special place just for guys to shower and that the deodrant blocks in the drain was public soap that they shared. I know it's gross but hey i was 5!

Bec M

When I was about 6 and my sister was 5, we were at the store with my mom. The women's restroom was out of order, so we were told by an employee to use the men's restroom (it was one of those single-person bathrooms). well, i saw a urinal and my sister and i asked my mom what it was and she said it's a man toilet.....we were trying to figure out how boys/men could get up that high to sit down! lol

Little kid

I used to believe that the sound of the toilet flushing early in the morning would wake up our next door neighbor, so I'd always close the lid and pile towels on top of it to muffle the sound.

Anon

I used to belive that if you didn't hold onto hte toilet seat you would fall in.

silly

When I was about two or three, I thought the toilet was a water ride for little kids, so one day I tried to climb in and flush, so I could try the water slide in my house!

toilet rider

One time, at a very early age, I was spending too long in the toilet, and both of my parents were waiting outside to use it. Dad called out, "There is a queue out here." I raced outside, believing that, like on Sesame Street, there was a large letter 'Q' in the sky being waved about.

Sheridan

i used to think that toilets were little white animals that ate our-ahem-waste and that flushing was them swallowing

k-sull : )

I used to believe that when you flush something down the toilet then it would turn into a frog so i thought that was why there are so many frogs where i live (I live in the country)

Frogs

I used to believe that after I flushed the toilet it would go underground into these tubes underground where scientists would study it. I was so freaked out by these poop studying people I stopped flushing the toilet when I was 5. Luckily, I'm over that now.

Kelsie

I used to think that the aeroplane toilets sucked the waste out and dropped it like a bomb. Onto countries below. I hate the noise of the flush on it an thought i might get sucked down in to a country too.

Erin

When I was five or six, I used to pee in the drain at school. The reason being that I saw some boys doing it (I'm a girl) and thought it must be allowed. The Finding Nemo line "all drains lead to the ocean" kind of reinforced that belief.

Anon

When I was 3 or 4, I thought that everything that was flushed down the toilet was stored in the rectangular tank behind the seat. I used to wonder how they fit all that stuff in there, especially in public restrooms... the pipes by the handle were so small!

Chad