For some reason when i was little, i don't think i knew what public was, either that or i couldn't read, anyway, i thought 'Public' toilets were Pubic toilets. The strange thing was, i don't think i knnew what pubic was either.
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- I thought the "To Let" signs on buildings meant they were public toilets.— Scottish Laddie
- I used to think that in public toilets, the cleaning lady actually lived in the supply cupboard.Anon
- i used to believe that public houses were just houses were the public could go and liveAnon
- I thought Busch Gardens was a public garden owned by George W. Bush.Anon
- i used to believe that little people lived in the toilets. and that they could eat anything and everything. — bob the pinecreek
- When I was a small boy, I used to believe there were spiders in the toilets.— nicolas, a French student in 8th grade