i would always flush after i washed my hands because i thought the water overflowed if you did it at the same time.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I believed you could dry your hands with hot water, until i got a chance to try it.— A A RENN
- I never used to take shower after going to the beach, because i thought that tans washed off right away.Anon
- My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon
- When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.— Salma
- Washable markers could actually be washed off of paperAnon
- I thought that hydrogen was pure water (since I knew hydro- meant water) and H2O was impure some how— Hexetic