When I was a young lad (8 and under)
If I had been put to bed I had to stay there. If I put one foot out of the bed I would be beaten by either parent, they both enjoyed it.
Sometimes you need to pee, despite going before I went to bed.
I tried lots of methods, peeing out the window was incredibly noisy and heard by parents. I tried peeing on the carpet but this formed a puddle so made splashing sounds.
I tried the spray around the room method which was partially successful. Finally I learnt to creep out of bed and lay sideways and pee under the bed with the spray method.

This went on for a while until the smell gave me away. I told my mother the cat had been peeing under the bed and for a long time she believed me and rubbed the cats nose in the floor regularly to try to stop it.
I am ashamed I laughed at the cat's confusion and terror, but most of all I am ashamed at the way my parents treated and marred a young innocent mind and I am doing my utmost to never be even slightly like them to my children.

I got found out in the end when my sister heard me peeing when the cat was in her room and told my parents who took turns beating me.
(Later, Sun 27 Nov 2005, 19:38, Reply)