I used to believe that when you flushed the toilet all of the water (and everything in it) would travel through a pipe to two men who had to strain out the poop so the rest could come back up to the toilet. I have no idea why I thought this...
A childhood belief about weeing and pooing

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that monsters lived in my toilet and they ate my poop and urine when i flushed the toilet.Anon
- I used to believe that if I flushed the toilet before I showered, I would take a shower in dirty toilet water.— Chris D
- I used to belive that when I would poop I was feeding all the fishies that got flushed downthe toilet!— Fish Feeder
- I used to beleive that if you flushed the toilet that it would explode and all the water would shoot out.— Michelle
- I used to think if I left the toilet seat open my cat would get flushed down the toilet.— G
- I used to think that my dad was "smoking pot" when he would smoke his pipe while sitting on the toilet. Anon