I used to believe that sharks swam up the plug hole when the plug was pulled outand would eat you if you did not get out of the bath before all the water went down the plug hole. It certainly made me jump out!!
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
- My dad use to tell me that if I swallowed gum it would plug up my bum hole and eventually I would explode,— Carrie
- If you left a plug socket on with no plug in all the power would run outAnon
- 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 think that if you take the plug out of the bath it will suck you into the bath— awesome kid
- I believed that I had a fake right big toe, having lost my real one in the plug holder (thanks Helen!)— Mike