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Whole thing is tragic. Three dead kids and many lives ruined including the accused. Only thing certain is the three surviving boys probably won’t ever do ding dong ditch again . You never know who’s on the other side of that door or what’s going on in their life.
Whole thing is tragic. Three dead kids and many lives ruined including the accused. Only thing certain is the three surviving boys probably won’t ever do ding dong ditch again . You never know who’s on the other side of that door or what’s going on in their life.
We used to do stupid stuff like that when we were kids. But it was a different world back then. The worse we could expect was a spanking by our dads if he found out. Geeze, when I think of the nasty pranks we got away with.... !!
Today, however, pranks like that could easily turn deadly. Those kids might have picked his house because they knew he was an easily riled grouch. Whatever they did or thought, they didn't deserve to be hunted down and killed like that. Their killer needs to be taken out of society for good.
The DA says he may be charged for on 3 counts for murder. Enough for the rest of his life.
I don't see how they could downplay it to manslaughter, but wonders never cease. I hope he gets the max and ends up dying in prison. Decent society needs to be protected. We're becoming the new endangered species.
We used to do stupid stuff like that when we were kids. But it was a different world back then. The worse we could expect was a spanking by our dads if he found out. Geeze, when I think of the nasty pranks we got away with.... !!
Today, however, pranks like that could easily turn deadly. Those kids might have picked his house because they knew he was an easily riled grouch. Whatever they did or thought, they didn't deserve to be hunted down and killed like that. Their killer needs to be taken out of society for good.
Oh yes I agree. My friends and I also did this and sometimes used little smoke bombs. We seldom got caught and if we were we got grounded or spanked. Our targets did nothing but tell our parents if they managed to see us. Guess we should’ve gone a couple blocks over.
Oh yes I agree. My friends and I also did this and sometimes used little smoke bombs. We seldom got caught and if we were we got grounded or spanked. Our targets did nothing but tell our parents if they managed to see us. Guess we should’ve gone a couple blocks over.
My dad's era was even worse. He and his friends would put piles of dog poop on a grouch's porch, douse it with lighter fluid and set it on fire. Then they'd bang on the door, yell "Fire! Fire!" and run away. The grouch would run outside and try to stomp out the fire, thus slapping dog poop all over himself. Nasty. Much worse than Ding Dong Ditch.
According to the TIME story, no one knows for sure that's what happened. One of the survivors said they rang the "wrong" doorbell. I kind of doubt that. It could be true, but when I was a kid every kid knew who the "mean" people were.
Like so many other people, I have a Ring doorbell and see the video alerts. Young idiots do the ding dong ditch thing all the time at homes that don't house other young idiots.
Do six people actually fit in a Prius?
I've never heard it called "ding-dong-ditch", but aren't teenagers old enough to DRIVE AWAY a little too old to be playing this"?
NO, I'm not saying they in any way deserved this, I am saying that I think there must be more to the story than just teenagers ringing a doorbell and driving away.
Good question about the Prius, but kids will jam-pack as many of themselves into a car as possible. I remember lying in a fetal position in the hatchback of a Mazda.
My dad's era was even worse. He and his friends would put piles of dog poop on a grouch's porch, douse it with lighter fluid and set it on fire. Then they'd bang on the door, yell "Fire! Fire!" and run away. The grouch would run outside and try to stomp out the fire, thus slapping dog poop all over himself. Nasty. Much worse than Ding Dong Ditch.
Hahaha, I remember my grandfather saying they did the same thing. That must go way back. They'd also tip over outhouses with people in them.
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