What’s the dumbest thing you did as a kid? (neighborhoods, live)

[Robhu]

Originally Posted by dramamama6685

Should have known you are from Ohio lol... don't forget about cow tipping(tee hee) just don't pick the one with the horns!

I let an older cousin dare me into peeing on the fence.
If he starts talking cows, I'll tell him to go eat hay.

[CapeCodder]

the list is loooong...but right at the top is my joy ride.

I decided that it would be a good idea to go joy riding in my friend's father's car...his car was a patrol car...he's a state trooper. We decided that we would drive around singing in the pa system or chatting with people we saw on the side of the road...with our flashers on...very incognito huh?

We ended up being surrounded by three cop cars at the beach with guns drawn (I was 14, my friend was 13).

Luckily my parents knew him and it was all resolved out of court...I think back now and realize how stoopid it was, but I do remember how much we laughed.

[Asta]

I tried to imitate Evel Knievel and jump across a narrow part of the Israel River on my snowmobile. It didn't work. I made it out ok, with only a busted arm. I was pretty popular in school for a couple of weeks, even though I didn't succeed! It took a while before the snowmobile was up and running again, though!

Another dumb thing we did as kids was to wait until midday, until the cows were all resting in the pasture. Then we would climb under the fence and run from one end of the pasture to the other, screaming all the way. It was funny to see a couple hundred head of startled cattle all stand up and, shall we say relieve themselves, in unison!

[Shuffler]

we used to hang bolgna on the electric fence and watch the dogs try to eat it and get shocked....we thought that was pretty funny until Dad knocked us upside the head a few times. Then we didn't do it any more. Teenage boys are evil.

[AlisonL]

One time we took a basket full of rotten tomatoes from the garden and climbed a tree overhanging the road and dropped them down on cars going underneath. That didn't last too long though.

Who says country kids don't know how to have fun. LOLOLOL

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by AlisonL

One time we took a basket full of rotten tomatoes from the garden and climbed a tree overhanging the road and dropped them down on cars going underneath. That didn't last too long though.

Who says country kids don't know how to have fun. LOLOLOL

We once took a scarecrow and threw it under a passing car while we screamed from the bushes. We almost gave the guy in the car a heart attack!
He chased us all over the woods for a half an hour calling us every name in the book. He didn't catch us though as we knew where to hide. Hehehe

[jim65970]

when i was a kid i had a small turtle in a bowl....i dropped the bowl wetting the carpet....so my older brother had an idea about using the vacuum to pick up the water....worked pretty good as i recall....so next time good ole mom tried to plug the vacuum in she got blown across the room....when my father opened up the vacuum & saw it was all wet he knew where to go.....wasnt pretty !.....just to think we had the idea of a wet/dry vac back in the mid 50's
jim
p.s. turtle got away & we found it 2-3 days later stiff !

[dano04631]

Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man

We were the first graduating class in a new high school. It had two very tall flag poles. We carefully placed a big galvanized garbage can upside down on top of the pole that flew the state flag.

The fire department tried to knock if off there with a high pressure hose. Didn't work. After a week the school was ready to hire a steeplejack to take the garbage can down. The night before the steeplejack was to arrive we took the can back down and left it in the principal's parking spot.

Now, how did we do it?

Did it have something to do with the halyard?


When I was about 17 I climbed to the top of a railroad bridge, at least 50 feet, maybe taller. When I got to the top I had to walk on the ties to get off at the end of the bridge. I never even considered the possibility that a train might come

[peachie_in_maine]

Originally Posted by RANGER.101ST

it would be easyer to ask what was the smartest thing i did becouse this forem isnt bigenough to list all the dumb things i did.

"Bingo Ranger."
That would be easier then this.
I have to many. How about these catagories.

Most Dumbest...
My shoe lace got caught in my chain. I looked down and weaved into the telephone pole, where I left half my skin in and had to drag myself home in a mess pushing my bike.

Most painful...
Flipping off the back of a snowmoblie.

Most embarassing...
Slaming my thumb into the car door while standing at the "Roller Rink" with all the cool kids waited outside.. (It wasn't one of those wimpie car doors were talking the early 60's made of "Tank Steel") I was taping calming on the door and my mother's boyfriend said, "What?" I said Open the door. He didn't understand so I had to open it myself with my other hand and got in and said in an evil Voice DRIVEEEEE. I want my mom and I want her NOW. ( I was 11)

Most funniest...
A guy was trying to impress us girls ( 16 yrs old) sitting on a rock at the "pit" He jumped on the back of a toyota and it climbed up the sand and when it got to the top he bounced up and out on his "behind". He didn't get hurt but he lost his shoes in the sand.. went home barefoot.

Most unusual....
I was riding by bike and as I passed in front of my friends front yard, out of the grass ~across the pavement edging flew out 3 grass snakes into my spokes. Clink cla clang clink cla clang. I saw two in front and one in back when I looked down. I screamed dropped the bike and ran all the way home.

Most punishable..
I did something I can't repeat, and I was so grounded, that I was grounded for the summer, I was told,
"No friends, no phone, no life. Which they took the TV and put it up in the attic.
It was BAD ( and no I won't say it.) but lets just say the summer of 1985 was a loss.)

[peachie_in_maine]

Originally Posted by Maineah

We once took a scarecrow and threw it under a passing car while we screamed from the bushes. We almost gave the guy in the car a heart attack!
He chased us all over the woods for a half an hour calling us every name in the book. He didn't catch us though as we knew where to hide. Hehehe

ohhh evil.