When I was aged probably three to six, i used to think that the noise when you take the plug out of the bath (that wooshing, shrieking sound as the water goes down) was the noise of ghosts and skeletons coming up the pipes to get me - I guess it let the water out, and let the ghosts in. I was terrified when my mum or dad would leave me alone in the bath and say "when you're done, just pull the plug out." I would get out of the water, kneel on the edge of the tub, yank the plug out as fast as I could and then sprint naked and screaming into my bedroom and hide until I heard all the water had gone down and the scary noise had stopped, so I could go back and get a towel.
I still really don't like that sucking, shrieking, wooshing noise when I take the plug out of the bath and try to get out of the bathroom before it ends!
A childhood belief about bathrooms
you weren't the only one
51 of you believed this
- I used to think that if you take the plug out of the bath it will suck you into the bath— awesome kid
- i thought that when you were in the bath you would get sucked down the drain— blake
- I used to believe that if you pulled the plughole while you were in the bath, you would get sucked into it!— The Young Actor - age: 11
- When I was little, I was afraid of the bathroom drain, I thought it would suck me down the hole.Anon
- I was always very afraid of being sucked down the plug hole after I'd finished having a bath.Anon
- i used 2 believe that if i stayed in the bath long enogh i would get sucked down the plughole— dude