When I was little riding on an airplane I used to think that the toilets would literally suck the waste out and drop it onto the land or water below! I also worried about the toilet sucking me or my mom out of the plane too. That's why I always hated flushing the toilet in the plane.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when you flushed an aeroplane toilet the waste would just drop out of the plane.Anon
- My friend's sister used to think the auto pilot on a plane was an inflatable man like the one in Airplane!— Richard Davies
- I thought that Heaven was literally up in the sky and you could fly there in a plane— Nate
- I used to think water towers were where everyone's uh...waste...went to from the toilets.— Stephanie
- I used to believe that if I flushed the toilet before I showered, I would take a shower in dirty toilet water.— Chris D
- I used to think if you didnt get up before flushing the toilet would eat you...Anon