I thought the Falklands war was taking place down the road. We lived in Wheatlands, down the road was Pennylands. Naturally Falklands must be next to that.
A childhood belief about wars
others believed things like this
- i always thought that a DEAD END sign
as where they put all the road kill.
— pav - I thought when a road sight said Dead End that someone had actually died there.Anon
- I thought you were supposed to drive down the center of the road.— Cassiopeia
- I used to see "End Road Work" signs, and thought they were a sort of protest.— Sebastian
- I thought a highwayman was just someone who helps pave the road and stuff like that— Nate
- I used to believe the "Yield" from the road sign was somebody's name.— julia