A question about bombs?

Question

Why is it that whenever you think of a bomb, you think of that black ball with a fuse coming out? Where did this come from?

Answer 1

I also envision Yosemite Sam in the same thought. Cartoons.

Answer 2

came from the olden days of cannons and stereotyped by cartoons

Answer 3

Do you watch too many cartoons?

Answer 4

BONGS NOT BOMBS

Answer 5

Thats really whre bombs started out. The first types of bombs would have been a basic like that. Take gun powder and put it in a container then light a fuse and there you go. The ball you see is an iron ball that was used so it would blow apart and pieces would fly out and kill or injur people in the way.

Answer 6

You watch entirely too much TV.

Answer 7

The Lake of FIRE FOR YOU SERPANT

Answer 8

you watched to many cartoons as a child.