What is the craziest thing you remember doing as a kid................... [Archive]

redwitch

06-03-2008, 09:27 PM

My was a continual thing. I wanted to fly so very, very bad. I tried everything -- umbrella, balloons, sheet for a parachute, gliding cause I was just an itty bitty thang .... I jumped from trees, barn lofts, barn roofs, third floors, small overhangs. I broke a few bones and it was a small miracle I didn't kill myself.

As a teen, my major bonehead move was hitchhiking from NJ to CA. Mom had been sick and I had to stay with some friends for the last half of my junior year. Oscar took me to the airport to fly home but couldn't stay. I cashed in the ticket and started hitching. Amazingly, not a bit of trouble the whole way -- some couples did offer me money to take a bus home and fed me, etc. When I hit AZ, I called my brother to come get me. Mom never knew what I had done (I'd called her and said I was staying with a friend for a couple of weeks before flying home and Oscar just assumed I'd told Mom I was on my way home).

nONIE

06-03-2008, 09:31 PM

Red, that is hysterical,(the flying thing) but dangerous, very dangerous! Glad your still here with us! ::)

nONIE

06-03-2008, 10:04 PM

Tied ropes to an old overstuffed chair that someone had thrown out in the alley, put it on a small moving dolly and took each other on some wild and crazy rides thru the alleys of Chicago. We did have to be more creative when we were kids, dont ya think? 1rnfl

nONIE

06-03-2008, 11:12 PM

Aw common, you couldnt have all been incredibly behaved little intellectual darlings could you??? :dontknow:

aw

Rokinronda

06-03-2008, 11:25 PM

When I was about 5 my parents were having a big birthday party for us. :joke: The kids were all in the backyard when my mom said to all their friends, "look how cute, the kids are playing croquet". At that point my cute 3 yr. old sister got in my way and I cracked her head open with the mallet. Yes the ambulance was called. Several stitches needed. PARTY OVER!!! >:( after that I've been good as gold ;)

Blondie

06-03-2008, 11:28 PM

Love this topic Nonie---
I was a big rule follower as a kid; however, as folks remind me, I met my husband, Jim, when I was very young (and immature), and eloped 6 weeks later. He was older, and I adored him. We were married over 30 years--very happy years too, and had two great kids--He was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and passed away 7 years ago. :( But I know if Jim were still here, he would LOVE TV as I do.
Hope to see all the folks I met when I was down there(end of April) again soon---and meet the folks I haven't yet met, but feel I know from enjoying TOTV quite often.
Thanks again, Nonie
md blondie

Barefoot

06-04-2008, 12:32 AM

chelsea24

06-04-2008, 01:27 AM

Met four other girls in kindergarden and literally became best friends from day one. Went through grade school with them and high school and am still close with them now although we are scattered all over the country. Going to see one of them in Vegas in a couple of weeks. So that's the background. You can imagine in all of those years, we did many crazy things. Elyse, Maria, Kathy, Sandy and me!

Early on we would emulate movies or movie stars. I would be Katharine Hepburn and maybe Elyse would be Rita Hayworth, or Kathy would be Doris Day, etc. So we'd stay in character, even in classes. Drove everyone nuts! This was a grade school thing. Also if we loved a movie, that's what we were. Like the Nun's Story. We were all Nun's for quite some time with towels on our heads. Bell, Book and Candle was another favorite. We were all witches. That lasted a really long time. And I can't remember what movie prompted it but our teachers nicknamed us "The Gun Girls" we carried cap pistols. (Confiscated many times.)

Even in freshman High School, we decided to be The Beatles for a while. Elyse was George, Maria was Ringo, Kathy was John and I was Paul. Sandy didn't participate because she was too busy getting pregnant! Hal-lo!

So these friendships are over 50 years and we've been through it all together.
From cutting out of lunch in grade school to swing upside down from the bars in the bathroom stalls to the Halloween egging of cars (police pulled us in and called our parents.) I was driving, Maria was shotgun, sneaking each other out of the windows of our houses to go into the city to Rush Street. All the way through marriages, divorces, pregnancies, more marriages, more divorces. (Elyse is attempting her 5th marriage!)

These wonderful girls and I just clicked from day one. Just like Nonie, Barefoot and I. And the adventures will continue with my new friends, I hope, because there's one thing I know for sure. I don't ever want to be an adult. :joke:

nONIE

06-04-2008, 01:36 AM

Chels,

Thanks for the memories, that was sooo funny. We Chicago girls must have been a little bit nuts. My gradeschool friends and I used to stand out in the schoolyard at recess and sing pop songs to the whole school like we were famous performers. The kids used to watch us spellbound and we thought we were absolutely wonderful!!!!OMG Im embarrassed just hinking about it. :redface:

Im embarassed thinking about it too!

mcelheny

06-04-2008, 01:46 AM

When I was real little I put beans up my nose. They swelled and I couldn't get them out!!I don't remember what happened after that. :dontknow:

Nomie,
I didn't know you were a Chicago girl. I was just there visiting mu daughter. :)

Barefoot

06-04-2008, 01:50 AM

These wonderful girls and I just clicked from day one. Just like Nonie, Barefoot and I. And the adventures will continue with my new friends, I hope, because there's one thing I know for sure. I don't ever want to be an adult. :joke:

Chels, you're a nutcase, love it. I think I can safely say the adventures wil continue for sure! :bigthumbsup:
Nonie and I don't want to grow up either! And we both miss you.

nONIE

06-04-2008, 01:52 AM

MCelheny,

Mabe you passed out from lack of oxygen! LOL that would account for not remembering anything.

Did you enjoy the windy city???

walkstop

06-04-2008, 01:53 AM

When I was a little kid there were some interesting things that I did. One of the things that I remember the best was that I would go trick or treating, but you would think I would ask for candy right? Wrong...I would ask if i could use their vacuum cleaner. :2excited:

mcelheny

06-04-2008, 02:21 AM

MCelheny,

Mabe you passed out from lack of oxygen! LOL that would account for not remembering anything.

Did you enjoy the windy city???

It might explain why I can't remember :edit:!
I love the windy city! :)

samhass

06-04-2008, 02:25 AM

Chels, you now have a bunch of new girlfriends...and we're NOT getting pregnant. :-*

Met four other girls in kindergarden and literally became best friends from day one. Went through grade school with them and high school and am still close with them now although we are scattered all over the country. Going to see one of them in Vegas in a couple of weeks. So that's the background. You can imagine in all of those years, we did many crazy things. Elyse, Maria, Kathy, Sandy and me!

Early on we would emulate movies or movie stars. I would be Katharine Hepburn and maybe Elyse would be Rita Hayworth, or Kathy would be Doris Day, etc. So we'd stay in character, even in classes. Drove everyone nuts! This was a grade school thing. Also if we loved a movie, that's what we were. Like the Nun's Story. We were all Nun's for quite some time with towels on our heads. Bell, Book and Candle was another favorite. We were all witches. That lasted a really long time. And I can't remember what movie prompted it but our teachers nicknames us "The Gun Girls" we carried cap pistols. (Confiscated many times.)

Even in freshman High School, we decided to be The Beatles for a while. Elyse was George, Maria was Ringo, Kathy was John and I was Paul. Sandy didn't participate because she was too busy getting pregnant! Hal-lo!

So these friendships are over 50 years and we've been through it all together.
From cutting out of lunch in grade school to swing upside down from the bars in the bathroom stalls to the Halloween egging of cars (police pulled us in and called our parents.) I was driving, Maria was shotgun, sneaking each other out of the windows of our houses to go into the city to Rush Street. All the way through marriages, divorces, pregnancies, more marriages, more divorces. (Elyse is attempting her 5th marriage!)

These wonderful girls and I just clicked from day one. Just like Nonie, Barefoot and I. And the adventures will continue with my new friends, I hope, because there's one thing I know for sure. I don't ever want to be an adult. :joke:

nONIE

06-04-2008, 02:28 AM

Sam, Well now, thats at least one good thing about getting old isnt it?

mcelheny

06-04-2008, 02:50 AM

I told my family I was running away. I hid up in the hay in the top of the barn. Nobody seemed to care and it got dark. I got scared and climbed out of the hay and went to the house. Guess that wasn't crazy-just stupid! ;D

I also hitched everyplace I went. One man showed me his private part. I didn't ride with him anymore. :o

Rokinronda

06-04-2008, 03:23 AM

Sam, Chels, Nonie, Bare, Mc, Red, Blondie, Tal, I love this thread. You are all hysterical!!! I was a very good girl after the croquet incident. ;) ;)

renielarson

06-04-2008, 03:51 AM

I was too darn good (my mother scared the c r a p outta me with her fire and brimstone talks).

I am living vicariously through all of you.

Keep the stories coming!

Rokinronda

06-04-2008, 03:58 AM

OK THE craziest thing I did was get married the day after I turned 18, 2 weeks after high school graduation. Pregnant? Nope. Puppy love? Nope! Ed and I have been very very happy for 34 years this month. ;D

Barefoot

06-04-2008, 10:50 AM

When I was a teenager, I used to hitchhike with a little paring knife in the pocket of my shorts for protection, although I never had to use it. It was probably dull anyway. Just one of those things I didn't tell my mother about. I forgot I ever did it until some guy reminded me at a high school reunion 40 years later. I can't believe I was ever that young and naive. ;D

mcelheny

06-04-2008, 12:22 PM

nONIE

06-04-2008, 12:58 PM

Bare, was that really the craziest thing you can remember?? You were a very good girl.

Well, My best friend and I called up everyone in the phone book with the last name of Byrd, and asked them if they were flying south for the winter!!! OMG, Would you call it clever and creative? or just bored out of our minds. 1rnfl

chelsea24

06-04-2008, 01:09 PM

Ronda, hahahaha the croquet incident was enough! And Bare, you can't fool me, I know there are more stories there. ;)

Barefoot

06-04-2008, 01:23 PM

My best friend and I called up everyone in the phone book with the last name of Byrd, and asked them if they were flying south for the winter!!!

Oh, that telephone stuff. Sure, we used to call people and ask them if their refrigerator was running. When they said yes, we would tell them to be careful, it might get away. And then we rolled around on the floor laughing. Such annoying little snots we were.

nONIE

06-04-2008, 01:26 PM

But ooooooo so much fun Bare, I wouldnt trade my crazy childhood for anything!

See, we knew you werent a perfect angel!!! LOL

mcelheny

06-04-2008, 04:03 PM

The more I think about it...I could write a book about the craziest things i did as a kid. ;D As a matter of ;D I am not too normal yet!!
I was always horse crazy and we had no horse so I rode a pig name Herman! He ran right through the fence and all the pigs got out. Ever try to catch a pig?? :dontknow:
So I moved up to riding cows but their bony backs are hard on your ass!!!

sschuler1

06-04-2008, 04:22 PM

My friend and I went out when we were around 18 or 19 (legal drinking age at the time) and we both got a little drunk. We couldn't decide who was the most sober to drive the car, so we both drove. She sat on the right and did the gas pedal and I sat on the left and did the brake, and we both held the steering wheel. Can't believe we didn't get caught and managed to get home in one piece!

mcelheny

06-04-2008, 06:34 PM

sschuler
Lol
who did the horn??

Sidney Lanier

06-04-2008, 11:01 PM

Walked home from a date in Queens to Manhattan (where I lived) over the 59th (Queensboro) Bridge, got about a quarter the way across, and decided to go the rest of the way by climbing up and down the girders of the bridge above the roadway and the East River. Not under the influence of anything, just plain crazy!!!

renielarson

06-04-2008, 11:05 PM

Ok, ok...couldn't remember anything crazy but the more I thought about it, memories crept up so here goes...

I encouraged my boyfriend to drive his pickup truck part way into the lake...then I tried to row it across the lake with his guitar.

I WAS under the influence... 1rnfl :beer3: 1rnfl :beer2:

nONIE

06-04-2008, 11:31 PM

YAAAAAAAAA!! Brightspot,

Im so glad you remembered ,and you may have one the booby prize for the craziest thing of all! :clap2:

beady

06-04-2008, 11:43 PM

Captain and I and our friend Peter drove from our home town of Lexington, Ma to Gloucester Ma. in 20 minutes. A trip that would take about 1 hour if you were driving the speed limit. Peter was driving his Mom Ford Esquire Station Wagon, I was in the middle and Captain in the passenger seat. I remeber how exciting it was flying down Rte 128, a new 4 lane highway.

Now I cringe at what could have happened that night. Whew, teenagers are dumb and crazy. :realmad:

renielarson

06-05-2008, 12:25 AM

The craziest thing I did...and almost got caught...can't be posted...

I was a baaaaad girl....

Let your imagination run wild...you won't come close.... 1rnfl

beady

06-05-2008, 12:40 AM

No fair Bright.....at the very least give us some clues ::) ::)

nONIE

06-05-2008, 02:05 AM

Beady,

I think she did!!!! 1rnfl

renielarson

06-05-2008, 02:25 AM

:pop:

nONIE

06-05-2008, 02:54 AM

Have yall noticed that no men have posted under this topic except Tal (thankyou Tal),

Now why do you think that is? Anybody have any ideas why??? :dontknow:

KathieI

06-05-2008, 03:14 AM

One of the things that I remember the best was that I would go trick or treating, but you would think I would ask for candy right? Wrong...I would ask if i could use their vacuum cleaner. :2excited:

Just getting around to reading this thread and I must say, Walkstop has the funniest, but maybe not the craziest, story of all. You must explain, Walk, why would you want to use their vacuum cleaners??? 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl

06-05-2008, 03:16 AM

A bunch of us teens were squashed into a car and we decided to start tickling everyone in the car including the driver. He (the teen driver) lost control of the car. We ran off the road over a fence and into a field near a creek. We missed hitting a tree, and didn't flip over. We were very lucky no one was hurt, and we were able to get the car back on the road. There were no seat belts back then. But there were lots of crazy daredevils weren't there!! We didn't really think about consequences!

Sidney Lanier

06-05-2008, 12:19 PM

Nonie, I'm crushed! Of course I posted; look back through the thread!!! (And we'll be seeing you in a few days and looking forward!)

nONIE

06-05-2008, 12:31 PM

Sidney,

omg, omg, omg, another senior moment :redface:

Yes you did, and it was quite an exciting one at that, we really laughed at that one and I remember engr guy saying wooooooow! That was dangerous!

Wow! We will have to make it up to you this weekend, do you like surf & turf?

LOL Yea right! I can hardly boil water!! LOL LOL LOL Sorry Sid :bow: :bow: :bow:

Taltarzac

06-05-2008, 12:39 PM

The men posting on this thread seemed to like climbing various things.

I have a scar on my right thumb from another crazy thing I did.

There is a steep hill near a golf course in Reno, Nevada. There's a barb wired fence that seperates the golf course from the steep hill. The barb wire fence is at the bottom of this 20 feet hill.

My friends got the bright idea of riding our bikes down the steep hill and turning so that we would miss the barbed wire fence. Well, I did not turn in time and wound up in the barbed wire fence.

Think I did this when I was around 12 or 13.

nONIE

06-05-2008, 01:06 PM

OH Tal,

We are so happy it was just your thumb!!!! ;)

Taltarzac

06-05-2008, 02:58 PM

OH Tal,

We are so happy it was just your thumb!!!! ;)

Me too. :bigthumbsup: ;D

Had a friend who found a pistol out my Rattlesnake Mountain in Reno, Nevada. He loaded it and fired it. The result was a backfire. Fortunately for him, he only got various sharpnel fragments in his hand. This is more an incredibly stupid thing to do than crazy.

KathieI

06-05-2008, 04:07 PM

Nonie, this is not the craziest but certainly the most stupid:

I was always teased by my Italian family, that I was the most Irish looking kid in our family. Auburn hair and millions of freckles. So one day, I decided to try to count my freckles but it was too easy to lose count. So what did I do??? Idiot, decided to put tincture merthiolate on each freckle as I counted it. If anybody knows that stuff, its like iodine and is impossible to get the stain off your skin. It was okay on my arms, but when I did it on my face, that was absolutely stupid! Scrubbed and scrubbed and couldn't get it off, hundreds of red dots everywhere on my face. I should be embarrassed to have admitted this story.

Not too bright, Kathie

jim16g

06-05-2008, 04:15 PM

After coming in from outside I was really dirty. My mother sent me to clean up and when I finished, she wasn't satisfied that I was clean enough. She sent me back to the bathroom and said, "this time use some elbow grease". I went through every drawer and cabinet in that bathroom and finally told my mother, "I can't find any elbow grease".

nONIE

06-05-2008, 05:30 PM

Wet my finger and stuck it in an electric socket to see if everything the "grownups" were telling me was true! They were right, :yikes: always listen to your elders. ::)

Barefoot

06-05-2008, 09:31 PM

Sidney Lanier

06-05-2008, 10:39 PM

Forget the surf & turf, Nonie! Looking forward to good company and sharing crazy moments....

nONIE

06-05-2008, 10:46 PM

Bare, Kathie,

I must confess, Walkstop is my teenage grandson who I bribed to post under my crazy topic. When he was a tot he had an insatiable curiosity about vacuum cleaners and wanted to examine and try out everyones!

He is normally not allowed in this forum but my topic was dragging a little. Hey it worked, got everyones curiosity up! :bigthumbsup:

renielarson

06-05-2008, 10:56 PM

:bigthumbsup: Nonie

Your grandson got my brain churning...kept thinking and thinking what on earth he meant by the vacuum cleaner...lol

As you can imagine, my imagination went wild! 1rnfl

mcelheny

06-06-2008, 12:26 AM

Nomie,
Your grandson is welcome at my house. Not only can he see it-he can use it. :-* ;D

nONIE

06-06-2008, 12:30 AM

Unforunately he is putting his energy into other things these days. His vacuume cleaner days are over. ::)

SteveZ

06-07-2008, 01:22 PM

I can think of a few things which qualify for this string, but unfortunately, the Statute of Limitations hasn't run out on them......

nONIE

06-08-2008, 08:48 PM

uh oh Steve,

You just going to let our imaginations run wild??? :dontknow:

SteveZ

06-08-2008, 10:30 PM

uh oh Steve,

You just going to let our imaginations run wild??? :dontknow:

I take the Fifth !

chelsea24

06-08-2008, 11:21 PM

LOLOLOL 1rnfl Steve! Bet we can tell how you spent your youth. Either taking the Fifth or drinking the Fifth! :joke:

redwitch

06-09-2008, 12:06 AM

um, Steve, I don't know how to break this you but you're a few years past your youth. Barring murder, I think the statute of limitations has passed on your crimes. So, dude, give it up. Confession is good for the soul.

renielarson

06-09-2008, 12:20 AM

:agree: with Steve. Better to keep our mouths shut...for a change! 1rnfl

SteveZ

06-10-2008, 03:57 PM

Let's just say that "public confession" sometimes has a way of attracting unwanted penance....

Hyacinth Bucket

06-10-2008, 05:40 PM

I read this thread and enjoy reading everyones antics.

My childhood antics? let's just say my hubby says "I weep for your loss childhood."

I wonder if it is to late to do some of the things that I never did as a kid? Sid I do not plan to walk across a bridge the way you did. ;)

I did not even know I was missing out on anything. In retrospect I wish I had some antics to share.

HB

nONIE

06-10-2008, 07:36 PM

HB,

If you thought really, really hard about it, Ill bet you could come up with something!
You didnt live in a plastic bubble did you? Only "Villagers" do that! LOL LOL

Common, hit us with your best shot! ;) you sure dont lack a sense of adventure these days, that must have come from somewhere :dontknow:

Hyacinth Bucket

06-10-2008, 07:44 PM

Nonie, I guess I lived in a bubble and did not even know it. All my friends were like me. I e-mailed one of my friends and she could not think of anything. :dontknow:

HB

Taltarzac

06-10-2008, 07:51 PM

HB? You must have something curious?

I ran away from home on my tricycle when I was about three years old. Think I got more than a mile away on this trike in fairly hilly country in Menomonee Falls, WI. Think this was about when my then infant younger brother came home from the hospital just after my mother had him.

nONIE

06-10-2008, 08:00 PM

Tal, that is so funny. Im picturing you on your tricycle hell bent for who knows where. 1rnfl

I guess you didnt like your baby brother very much did you???? 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl

Taltarzac

06-10-2008, 08:12 PM

Tail, that is so funny. I'm picturing you on your tricycle hell bent for who knows where. 1NFL

I guess you didn't like your baby brother very much did you???? 1NFL 1NFL 1NFL 1NFL 1NFL

I remember the cop picking me up from the park I triked to but do not remember much more about this adventure of mine. ;D

Hyacinth Bucket

06-10-2008, 08:27 PM

Did he give you an ice cream cone or a lollipop?

HB

Sidney Lanier

06-11-2008, 04:22 AM

When I saw that HB posted on this link, I jumped on to see if indeed I've been wrong all these years telling her that I weep for her lost childhood. Well, it turns out she was posing a question about an ice cream cone or a lollipop to Tal.... Nonie, yes, it's really true when she says she has nothing to report! (Maybe my bridge walking makes up for both of us....)

nONIE

06-11-2008, 04:25 AM

SIGH!

F16 1UB

06-13-2008, 12:04 AM

How about a rolling roadblock to slow down traffic on I-75 south of Dayton OH to race. We'd cruise thru Frisch's Restaurant all night until someone said let's go. The next time you go through the Buckeye State and are between mile markers 44 & 47 don't try it. The traffic today is horrendous. Won a few lost a few. Finally got off the interstate and went to, of all places, Greene County Airport near Xenia OH. Much safer. No planes after dark and just a shear cliff at the end of the runway. One 69 Camaro went over the cliff. The guy wound up driving for Gray Hound Bus. LOL.

F16 zoom zoom zoom