We lived one block from a fire station until I was 2-1/2 years old. I heard the sirens and would always run to the window to watch the trucks drive by. My father once carried me outside to watch. As they drove by, I asked him where they were going. He explained they were going to put out a fire at someone's house. I wondered WHY anyone would want to set fire to their house, just to have the fire trucks visit them. I never asked this question out loud, just pondered over it. Still ponder 'humanity' questions at age 62.
A childhood belief about in the street
others believed things like this
- I used to think that fire trucks and ambulances drove all the way back to the station backwards.— Tim
- I used to believe that firemen drove around in their fire trucks and started fires. I wondered why.— Albert
- I used to believe that fire trucks were filled with water. — Renee
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- I used to believe that the Fire Station was where all fires occurred.Anon
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell