When I was young, whenever I heard of a "ceasefire" on the news, I always thought they meant a huge bonfire. I waited for them to show it, but they never did!
A childhood belief about wars
others believed things like this
- When i heard about Irish Bombers on the news during the 70s i used to think that planes were dropping bombs.— Moose
- when i was young i used to believe a wake was when you waited for the dead person to wake upAnon
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- When I was young, I heard the word 'minion' for the first time and thought it was a miniature onion.— Karin
- when I was young, I heard that blood had iron in it. I thought blood was red because it was rusty.— Hunter