When I was young, I used to believe that all public toilets were dangerous because a detached mummy's hand would rise and pull me down the bowl, thanks to my nose-digging yet ironically germophobic aunt. Surprisingly enough, most of the time, the worry was not about dying in the toilet bowl, it was about getting grabbed by the bare butt and then getting poo and pee all myself as I died.
I'm fifteen now, and I still freak out when I have to enter an excessively dark public toilet.
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that toilet seats were for kids only and that adults sat directly on the bowl. — Evan Klyne
- 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
- but my aunt used to tell me that if i eat too many noodles, i wud turn into a mummy when i died Anon
- i used to believe that public houses were just houses were the public could go and liveAnon
- i used to believe that scoripons could crawl up your toilet and pull you in.
No thanks to my big brother!— Alexandra