I was firmly convinced that the need to go pee could be countered by consuming an absorbent food, such as crackers or bread. The rationale being that the bread or crackers would absorb the pee, and then you'd buy some pee-time, since poop takes longer to make.
A childhood belief about weeing and pooing

others believed things like this
- I use to believe if I had to pee real bad if I ate crackers it would soak it up— steve
- "Better than sliced bread"
I used to believe 'Sliced Bread' was a musical band.— Madeline - Bread crusts make your hair go curly— bowlax
- i used to think that bread crust would make my hair curlyAnon
- i used to believe if i ate the crust of bread it would make my hair curly— kate
- I used to believe yeast could make bread rise because it really was salt with bubbles inside.— queeneve