toilets

I used to believe…

well, my brother used to tell me to flush the toilet because if i dont, the monster in the toilet will come up and get me. i was also told that the sound i made when i flush the toilet, was the monster's screaming. i was still a little afraid of flushing toilet now though...ha ha

I used to believe…

when i was little i was always terrified that i would fall down the toiliet and never be seen again so i ALWAYS remebered my name and my house and my phone # and my parents names so if i was flushed down the toileit i could shout them out and someone would either come rescue me or tell my parents i died.

I used to believe…

Everytime I had to go to the bathroom when I was little, my sister would tell me not to put down the seat because that would mean the evil toilet man would suck me up and I'd never come out. I believed her, and when I went to go to the bathroom, I put DOWN the seat, thinking I'd be safe. When I sat down, my butt fell in the toilet and started screaming, "HELP! THE TOILET MAN IS SUCKING ME UP!"

I used to believe when you flushed the toilet it opened up and ghosts could come through and grab you. I got it from a rhyme that went something like 'they flushed the chain and out came the ghost train' and I used to always flush the chain quickly and run out of the room as quickly as I could.

I used to believe that whenever I went into the restroom in public, everyone outside instantly stopped whatever they were doing and all paused to listen to the speakers which were placed all around the store so that everyone could listen to me in the bathroom. Of course, everyone went back to normal once I came from the bathroom.

I used to believe…

When my sister was younger, we lived with our grandparents. Everytime my sister went to sit on the toilet, she was convinced that our grandfather - in blue, agitated, and sperm-like form - was swimming in the toilet, ready to bite her on the bum.

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There once was a commercial for bathroom air freshener - some kind of circle that you attach next to the toilet. In the commercial, the toilet would get really big (to represent a big, nasty odor, I guess) and it didn't get back to its normal size until someone put the air freshener next to it.

Well, in my first day of school, I had to go the bathroom but I didn't see the air freshener there, so I was afraid to go because I was afraid the toilet would get big and attack me. Unfortunately, I wet my pants and no one understood why I didn't just use the toilet.

I used to think that plumbers were men who had to live inside the toilet and sweep all of the...wastes...out. I was always afraid one of them would accidentially climb out of the toilet while I was using it. To top it all off, my dad had a friend who was a plumber and I always asked him what it was like inside the toilet. He probably thought I was insane. Which I was. But I'm fine now.

I used to believe that if you used a toilet on a boat (a big boat like a M.V for example) that if you flushed it before you got off the seat that sea water would come up and squirt you! i was on an M.V once and I was afraid of being splashed by water but eventually my dad made me go to the wahsroom so i wouldn't wet my pants in the night.

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One day, when I was about four or five, my aunt came to visit and after a while excused herself and said the was going to "the lavatory". I'd never heard it called that before, so immediately I put my shoes on and asked if I could go with her -I'd never been there before! *groan* I'm almost 22 now and it's still brought up at every family gathering...

I used to believe when I was about 4 that aligators lived in the sewer and when you had a poop they would swim up through the pipes and bite your bum. I always checked befour I sat down. I realised a few years later that they couldn't swim through the narrow pipes!

I used to believe…

After watching the Little Mermaid, i just knew that Ursula (the scary evil octopus) lived in our house. I knew that everytime i flushed the toilet one of her arms would come out to try and catch me. Every time i flushed the toilet i was terrified that she would catch me and take me away.
Even when i flush the toilet now, i'm always cautious that a long slimy tenticle isn't following me.

I use to believe that if you jumped down the toilet, you could get to a magical world(I was only 4 at the time). Anyway one day I climbed up onto the seat and jumped in feet first! It hurt and my feet got stuck.

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Until I was 8 or 9, I believed that "vacancy" was another word for "toilet." I don't quite remember where my original idea came from, but it probably had something to do with the toilets in airplanes and the little "Vacancy/No Vacancy" signs on the doors. Every time we drove by a motel with the "No Vacancy" sign lit up, I thought it meant the motel had no toilets, and I wondered why anyone would ever want to stay in a motel like that. I think I once excused myself from a room by telling all the adults I needed to go use the vacancy.

I used to believe…

When I was little, I used to play in the backyard a lot with my dog. It was a bother to come inside and do the whole toliet routine everytime I had to pee. The dog had it so easy...just squat and pee on the lawn. So one day I decided to give it a try. It didn't work as well; I ended up with wet shorts, and my mom thought I'd lost my mind.

I used to believe…

When I was 5, my brother in-law told me that when you flush the toilet that if you're still on it, you'll get flushed down the toilet. I beleived that until I was almost seven, when I kept sitting on it after i flushed to see what happened. To my surprise, nothing did.

I used to believe…

My cousin believed that if he flushed the toilet he would be sucked right in, and would always call someone to flush it for him .. he got over that when he was 14!