toilets: general

I used to believe…

When I was young (under ~10 years of age), I believed that the toliet would not flush during an electrical power failure. Any time I had to tinkle or drop a stool, I'd leave it unflushed until the lights came back on; then quickly race to that bathroom and flush.

I used to believe…

When I was little I once forgot to make sure my vest was lifted up when I was on the toilet, and of course made a mess of it! Ever since that day, somthing must have stuck in my head, because I started stripping off to just my socks when I was at home to make sure it never happened again.

I used to believe…

since everyone flushed my fish down the toilet when i was younger i pictured it to lead right out to the middle of the sea...and that's where King Tritan lived...so obviously i could get in contact with him...i decided to write letters to the "King Tritan" and send them via tiolet...

I used to believe…

My older sister always told me that if I didn't wash my hands with soap after I went to the bathroom, I would die of some pee-related disease. So naturally, I would soap up heavily. Then she tells me that if I didn't get all of the soap off, I would get cancer. Like I didn't have enough to worry about already!

I used to believe…

When I was about 4, I flushed a bouncy ball down the toilet.
The next day, after a weeks worth of rainfall, a nearby town was flooded, and when I saw this on the news I blamed myself for this incident.
I wouldn't let go of the guilt the pained me for the next two years.

i used to believe that behind the automatic flushing toilets in public restrooms that there was a person watching you go...so they knew when to flush for you. im still not convinced that somebody isnt there.

I used to believe…

The lid and seat were always up when my father left the bathroom. This observation, coupled with the obvious fact of men being larger than women (I hadn't yet noticed that rear ends do not follow this general rule), led to my entirely logical conclusion that men lifted the seat and sat on the rim of the toilet to poop, as the seat was too small for them. As I had never seen a man use a toilet, this belief stayed undisturbed in my mind for an embarassing number of years.

I used to believe…

The huge signs displayed around cities saying 'To Let' were, I thought considerate people telling you that that there was a toilet very near by. I would look around the area for the toilet, just out of interest, but wondered why I couldn't find the toilet.

I used to think that if you went to the "bathroom" you peed and if you went to the "restroom" you just sat down and rested. . .
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I used to believe that a poop-monster lived in the toilet and the reason it made such a huge noise when you flushed it was because he was mad.

I used to think that toilets led to the shower head. That's why I never took a shower :D

I used to believe…

At school the janitor would clean the bathroom and leave the toilet seats up after it, when all the girls would see the seats up, we thought that boys were using our toilets and wouldn't use them.

I used to believe urinals were sinks and I would spend a long time trying to find the faucet and pressing various areas of the urinal hoping to make water come out. Needless to say, it never did.

I used to believe…

WHEN I WAS LITTLE I USED TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU SAT ON THE TOILET A MAN WOULD SPY UP YOUR BUM TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY INFECTIONS OR ANYTHING.... OK I WAS ONLY 4 OR 5!

I used to believe…

When I was little, I used to believe that one could use a toilet as a trash can, so I would dig stuff out of the bathroom trash (e.g., Band-Aid wrappers, dental floss, etc.) and flush it down the toilet. Eventually, my mom had to call a plumber to get said trash out of there. Boy was she mad.

I used to think you could get pregnant by sitting on a toilet seat.