i used to think that the toilet was a portal to another word and if you drank the water inside it couldn't transport you so i used to get my dog fluffy and make him drink all the water. my mom always got mad when there wasn't any water in the toilet!
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others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I flushed the toilet before I showered, I would take a shower in dirty toilet water.— Chris D
- My mum used to tell me that you couldn't drink water out of the tap from the bathroom as it was poisonous.Anon
- I thought tonic water was toxic water and wondered why would anyone drink it if it is toxic?— Dr.Badguy
- One day when I was 6 I learned that the toilet was NOT a water cooler. :/— J.C.
- I used to beleive that if you flushed the toilet that it would explode and all the water would shoot out.— Michelle
- I thought that hydrogen was pure water (since I knew hydro- meant water) and H2O was impure some how— Hexetic