I thought that little creatures lived down the bathroom sink, and that I'd have to pour water and put chopped-up soap down the drain occasionally because that was how they ate and drank.
A childhood belief about bathrooms

others believed things like this
- I used to think that trolls lived in my shower drain and showered with my dirty water— Troll bather
- I used to beleive that the computer bugs were real creatures that lived in your pc and ate away at it.— BoBo
- how many us believed you would go down the drain with the bath water? I did!— Amy
- i used to believe that a monster lived in the garbage disposal. i would never go near the sink— Whitney
- I used to believe that honey was made from bees' pee when they drank too much water.Anon
- that bathroom tap water was recycled "potty" water from the toliet. — livingdeadgirl