When I was a kid I was always afraid that if i stood to close to the drain I would be sucked down with the water...I think my older sister told me that. She was so evil then!
A childhood belief about bathrooms

others believed things like this
- i thought that when you were in the bath you would get sucked down the drain— blake
- I used to believe that if you didn't close the toilet lid after flushing, you would get sucked down into it.— Maya
- I thought that I could get a suntan if I stood really close to a fire for long enough.— Mat
- My sister told me once that if I sucked too much helium out of a balloon, my lungs would explode.Anon
- how many us believed you would go down the drain with the bath water? I did!— Amy
- I used to think that trolls lived in my shower drain and showered with my dirty water— Troll bather