My mother told my sister she would get sucked down the drain if she stayed in the bath when she pulled the plug. My sister decided to conduct an experiment. Placed me (at 7 months) in the bath tub and pulled. She was really angry with my mom for lying to her. I still have issues with pool drains.
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
- i thought that when you were in the bath you would get sucked down the drain— blake
- I used to think that if you take the plug out of the bath it will suck you into the bath— awesome kid
- 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
- how many us believed you would go down the drain with the bath water? I did!— Amy
- I used to belive that if u pee in the bath, you will get sucked down the plughole!Anon