I used to believe that firemen started fires as well as put them out. I was walking with my mum one day and we saw a parked fire engine, so I said "are they waiting to start a fire?" My mother then explained.
A childhood belief about work
you weren't the only one
16 of you believed this
- I used to believe that firemen drove around in their fire trucks and started fires. I wondered why.— Albert
- I used to think the lady behind the cash register at the A & P got to keep all the money in the drawer.Anon
- I thought firefighters were really "firefires," and burned houses down insted of putting them out.Anon
- I used to believe that flicking lights on and off in a room would still the fire department sent to my house. — Chase