When I was camping with girl scouts we always had a list of things to clean at camp (dishes,ect). One of the duties was to clean the toilets (which are actually out houses). The older members would tell us that if you were put on duty of cleaning the toilets on the last day, they would tie a rope to your stomache, and lower you in with a paint scraper. You would have to scrape off the sides of the out house and put everything into a bucket. Then dump the 'waste' by a tree to help it grow faster. EEW, disgusting, I know! I was so terrified the first time I heard this, I refused to go to the bathroom the whole weekend. That way if I had to clean the toilet, I could say "I never used the toilet, make someone else do it."
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- My grandpa and mom both used to tell me that if I didn't clean behind my ear that potatoes would grow there. — Bryan M.
- I used to believe that if I didn't clean my ears that carrots would grow inside.— Gilian
- my older brother told me that if i didnt clean every bit of dirt out of the prints on my feet, i'd die— chel
- I used to think water towers were where everyone's uh...waste...went to from the toilets.— Stephanie
- I used to think that in public toilets, the cleaning lady actually lived in the supply cupboard.Anon
- To clean the goldfish you put washing up liquid into its bowl.— Sev