After Sept 11 (i was in 4th grade at the time) i couldnt use the bathroom for a week because i was positive that osama bin laden was living in my bathroom sink cabinet and would kill me if he saw me because i was american.
A childhood belief about bathrooms
others believed things like this
- One of my friends in elementary school thought that Osama bin Laden was "a son of Aladdin". Anon
- That there was a zombie living behind the bathtub in the upstairs bathroom.Anon
- Living near Canada's border without cable, I didn't know I was American. — Romania
- I used to believe that at dance clubs, the "smoke" that they'd spray was laden with drugs and I'd get high.— Lynn
- I used to believe teachers never had to go to the bathroomAnon
- When I was little, I thought it was harmful to eat while you were going to the bathroom. Anon