I sepnt a lot of my childhood growing up in the middle east with my Father who was in the armed forces there.
One day we were out in the desert with some of his friends when they discovered an unexploded mortar bomb.
I wanted to rush over and play with it, and my Dad couldn't understand why - until I explained to him that I wasn't afraid of 'WATER bombs...'.
A childhood belief about wars
others believed things like this
- I didn't understand about boiled eggs until my Mum explained I wasn't supposed to eat the shell as well.— Chris
- For along time I thought the Middle East and Eastern Europe were just different names for the same place!— Helllowerer
- Mom couldn't understand why at dinner time I wanted Chicken Pox.— Kristin
- I used to believe my middle name was and. At age 12, I discovered that it was actually "ann".Anon
- Since my father had a deep cleft in his chin, I thought he was growing a tiny buttocks out of his face.— Rick
- I never did understand why it was "Our Father, who aren't in heaven".— Edith