As a child I believed that a gas war was when attendants lined up with the hoses and shot gas across the street to another station.
A childhood belief about wars

others believed things like this
- As a child i was under the impression that the huge power station chimneys were cloud makers.— scruffyoik
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon
- I used to believe that guns shot out blood because everytime somebody shot a gun in a movie you saw blood.Anon
- I used to believe that waves were made by whales who lined up in a row and flapped their tails.— Passionola
- my mom believed when she was little that a street sign that said don't walk meant you better run.— Sara Mclen
- i believed that thunder and lightning came out of the alley across the street from my house.Anon