toilets

I used to believe…

When I was small, I believed there was a monster at the other end of the toilet pipe, and when you flushed the toilet, it was a signal to him to start sucking, and he would suck up everything in the bowl. Now, this is bad enough, but I also thought that if you didn't close the lid fast enough, he'd suck you in, too!

I live in South Africa, and when I was 10 a black kid in my class told me about one of the "mosters" of his beliefs, that waits for you in the bathroom. The thing was called 'Pinky-Pinky', it had one but and this one arm with a really long claw on it that it uses to scratch you. Also it only went after girls. But, the thing that scared the crap out of me was that there was actually a story in a newspaper about that thing that was supposed to be true!! Since then I've always been telling myself "I can scream, someone will hear me" when I think about scary stuff.

I used to believe…

when i was little i was scared that a monster would pull me down the toilet so when ever i flushed the toilet i would run out the bathroom door cause i once watched a scary movie about the monster in the sewer pulling people down and eating them

I used to belive that i would get sucked down the toilet if i flushed it when i was on it so until 2 years ago i shut the lid and flushed so it would only suck down the toilet paper im 14

I used to believe…

A 'friend' of mine once told me, that if you if you flush the toilet after a number two, it would disappear from your toilet and end up in someone elses.

Naturally, I was nearly laughed out the room when I suggested this to my parents. I didn't get what all the laughing was about, until they explained it.

Naturally, I felt like a complete idiot, and didn't speak to this friend for weeks :P

I used to believe…

When I was younger, i remember how i used to kill cockaroaches or spiders and grab their squished bodies with toilet paper and flush em' down the toilet. But then i just realized that maybe they are still down there waiting for me to take a doo or a wee so they can attack me from down under.

I used to be scared of toilets that had black or brown seats, "half-seats" or, even worse, no seats at all. One time I was in the car coming back from a holiday with my step sisters and we all needed to get out and go to the toilet so we stopped at a caravan park, but I refused to go in to the toilets because I was scared of the colour of the seats. Another time I wet my pants at school because the toilets there had black seats.

I used to believe…

When I was little, i believed that if you flushed the toilet, a monster would come out of the mirror and/or toilet and eat me. I never flushed and I got yelled at by my mom when she found out. I still didn't flush.

I used to believe…

Whenever I was in a public restroom, I'd always pull up my pants BEFORE flushing, because I had this freakish fear that when I flushed, the toilet could decide to blow up, and I didn't want people to see my dead body lying around with my pants still down.

I used to be so afraid that our house would catch on fire while I was going to the bathroom. So I had this whole system down of preparing the toilet paper while I went to the bathroom as fast as I could, so I wouldn't have to run outside to get away from the fire, with my pants down. I'd count the seconds of how long it took me to go, trying to break records of the longest and shortest time it took me to pee.

I used to believe…

Somehow through the manipulations of my older sister, I used to believe that when I was going to the bathroom, one of her classmates would crawl up through the pipes so he could stare at me while I went to the bathroom. She also told me if it wasn't her classmate, sometimes a tiger would do the same, and try to bite me. I was so scared my butt would be bitten off while I was innocently trying to pee.

I used to believe…

When I was little, I heard a news story about someone finding a snake in their toilet. I used to be afraid to use the toilet thinking a snake would come and bite me (ok I still do once in a while, especially porta potties). Hard to forget!

I used to believe…

Once while I was sitting on the toilet in a public bathroom, two little kids entered deep in conversation. They each accused the other of being scared. One was accused of the fear of the toilet monster. The other was accused of the fear of the dark. This was disproved by turning off the light. I couldn't resist. I yelled "I AM THE TOILET MONSTER!" They both fled in terror, leaving me to finnish in the dark. It was worth seeing the two trembling later as they warned others of the iminent danger lurking beyond the door.

I used to believe…

When I was little, i 4get how old...but i saw this commercial about those poor children in Africa or something, and like they'd show u where they lived and it lookd like thats where all human waste went cuz the streets were like flooded and muddy with garbage. So i felt really bad and every day after school i'd come home and go to the kitchen and make them "somthing to eat" like i'd mix baloney and ketchup with salt and pepper, or some concoction of that sort and then i'd dump it all in the toilet thinking im feeding all the poor children in Ethiopia. lol...

I used to believe…

when i was about 6 or 7 my mom would take me to the mall and i would b so scared to use the toilets there because they were electric and that would freak me out becuz you never know when it might suck you down the bowl it made me scared soo much that i would try to hold it as long as possible

I used to believe…

when i was 5 or 6 my sister told me that if i stayed on the toilet to long a HUGE snake would come out of that little hole thing and eat me.when i took a poo, i timed myself for five minutes on one of those egg timers.i think my mom thought i was a little stupid for doing that.