Confused after learning of the Civil War, I asked my mom what "civil" means. She said it was where people were nice to each other. So I pictured the Civil War as a period where people were always smiling, shaking hands, complimenting each other, etc. I justified the "war" part of the phrase by the idea that it was a niceness competition, and they thought "war" sounded cooler than "competition". Needless to say, I failed the test... and got really mad at my mom for telling me false information. It took me a while to staighten it out.
A childhood belief about wars
others believed things like this
- I thought the Civil War was the Silver War.— Vicki J.
- I grew up in NY and used to believe that The Dukes Of Hazard took place during the Civil War.Anon
- I used to think that the pools was a swimming competition.— Matt
- I thought that Boxing Day had something to do with boxing, like watching a global boxing competition.Anon
- When I was very young, I assumed that false teeth were taken from dead people's teethAnon
- When I was a kid I thought babies where made when people hold hands and kissed nude...— Ryan