My nephew (age 7) thought tampons were plugs for diarrhea.
A childhood belief about being ill

others believed things like this
- When I was little I thought that Shakin' Stevens was Elvis' nephew— Ali
- my nephew used to believe that when people died, they just needed new batteries.— p-daddy
- My 7 year old nephew holds the opinion that the correct name for a pidgeon is a "city chicken".— Bastard
- My nephew refuses to put his tooth under his pillow in case the fairy burns him with her wand.— Nina
- My nephew, at around age three, used to say that airplanes trailing white exhaust were "airplanes on strings".— Mojo!
- I used to think that tampons were meant to absorb women's urine so they wouldn't have to go to the bathroom.— Koyaanisqatsi