I used to belive that if you sat on the toilet to long, and then flushed it,right after you flushed a mermaid would flip ot of your toilet and flip back in.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think the lyrics to "Too Legit To Quit" were "Do the flip, do the tootsie flip"— cassie
- I used to belive that when I would poop I was feeding all the fishies that got flushed downthe toilet!— Fish Feeder
- I used to believe that monsters lived in my toilet and they ate my poop and urine when i flushed the toilet.Anon
- 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 I left the toilet seat open my cat would get flushed down the toilet.— G
- I used to believe that the toilet would suck me down if I flushed it.— :-)