I was always told that if you flush the chain when you are sitting on the toilet, then you would get sucked down with it. I believed this until I was 15
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- i used to belive that when you flush a toilet on an aeroplane you get sucked down— milly
- I used to beleve when i was 4 that the flush on the toilet was to wake up toilet monsters.— Millie
- I used to believe that if you didn't close the toilet lid after flushing, you would get sucked down into it.— Maya
- My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon
- I used to think you could get pregnant by sitting on a toilet seat.— Lisa
- I used to think that my dad was "smoking pot" when he would smoke his pipe while sitting on the toilet. Anon