As a four-year-old with a very large vocabulary, I decided the "Civil War" was the one war where everybody pretended they were nice to everyone else. For example, a soldier would offer the enemy a cigarette, shoot him when he least expected it, and then pretend to be sad about it.
A childhood belief about wars
others believed things like this
- I used to think that your birthday changed every year, and that your parents just decided what day it was.— Daniel
- I thought the Civil War was the Silver War.— Vicki J.
- I used to believe that the "shark mouth" nose art painted on military planes was to scare enemy pilots away.Anon
- I grew up in NY and used to believe that The Dukes Of Hazard took place during the Civil War.Anon
- I thought that 1983 went on for 3 years - had to ask my sister who decided how long a year lasted.— Sally
- I thought a "fallen soldier" was one who'd tripped and fallen during a battle.Anon