Originally Posted by
Cazzi B
When I would fly as a young child, I believed that you could not use the toilets on board during take off and landing, as when the flush was pressed, a hole opened up underneath the aircraft to let the *ahem* "contents" out !! ... and thats how the toilets worked in my little child like opinion

I still remember flushing a toilet on a train as a child and being startled to see the tracks rushing by through the drain! Turns out on the train that's how they really worked...