After being informed that daddy had ben 'sterilised', I genuinely believed he'd has his genitals immersed in boiling water. To this day, the imagery still appeals to me!
A childhood belief about rude bits

others believed things like this
- I used to think what heated the food in the pan was the boiling water, not the heat under it.— Mario
- sterilised milk came from bulls— kate mullins
- I used to think sterilised humans were referred to as neutered, in the same way as animals.Anon
- As a youngster, my older brother told me that polish sausage was really the bull's genitals. — Ross
- how many us believed you would go down the drain with the bath water? I did!— Amy
- I believed you could dry your hands with hot water, until i got a chance to try it.— A A RENN