As a child, my mum used to give me a bath before bedtime, and I would try to stay in there as long as possible, even after mum had pulled the plug out and the water had started to drain away, all so that I could stay up that little bit later. Well, mum decided that to get me out of the bath quicker, it would be a good idea to tell me that once the plug had been pulled out of the bath, crocodiles would escape out of the plughole and eat me up if I was still in the bath! To this day, I cannot stay in a bath once the plug has been pulled out! (Not that I believe her anymore, but I think psychologically the fear of the plughole has stayed with me!!).
A childhood belief about bathrooms
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that once you pulled the plug in the bath a shark would swim out of the drain and eat you.— Amy
- I used to think that if you take the plug out of the bath it will suck you into the bath— awesome kid
- when i was around 3 or 4 i belived that the sea had a large plug like a bath and it was draind every night — James Cameron
- I used to belive that if u pee in the bath, you will get sucked down the plughole!Anon
- I used to think that when I was in the bath I shark lived under the bath and that ig might come up and bite me— ------------
- how many us believed you would go down the drain with the bath water? I did!— Amy