I used to believe that snakes could climb out of the toilet and bite you. So every time I had to go I would pre-flush the toilet no less than 3 times before I would even sit on it. Just in case a snake was crawing up the pipes he would be dissoriented him long enough for me to pee in peace!
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I sat on the toilet too long a snake would come up and bite me.— Cheesemonkey
- I used to beleve when i was 4 that the flush on the toilet was to wake up toilet monsters.— Millie
- My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon
- I thought all snakes were venomous and you always die if you get bit by a snake— Elviessa
- i used to belive that when you flush a toilet on an aeroplane you get sucked down— milly
- I used to believe that crocodiles lived in the toilet and would bite my butt when I had to go to the loo.— Oz