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What's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by Merlu@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When i was a child, i believed autopilot really worked like in the movie Airplane, that it was an inflatable dummy.

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[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That a bon fire was a "bomb" fire and therefore, very loud and very dangerous.

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

I used to call it a "bomb fire" too lol.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

For anyone wondering

bonfire (n.)

https://www.etymonline.com/word/bonfire#etymonline_v_15587

late 14c., bonfir, banefire, "a fire in which bones are burned;" see bone (n.) + fire (n.). The original specific sense became obsolete and was forgotten by 18c. The general sense of "large open-air fire from any material for public amusement or celebration" is by mid-16c. and that of "large fire for any purpose" from 17c. also from late 14c.