What Was The Dumbest Thing You Did As A Kid?

[LukeEl]

I remember my older brother and I especially in the Summertime would be given a very large amount of fireworks and various low grade explosives from our dad.
However there was one time when we did something pretty dumb and it made no sense. Anyway we took all the remaining fireworks slit them open and dumped out all the powder, also our dad contributed a large amount of black powder. So all the explosive was poured into one of those metal coffee cans filled with nails then taped a lid over the top and attached a 200 yard twine wick. Now mind you this ad hoc explosive was placed on one of those cheap plastic chaise lounge chairs with a mannequin place on it strategically.
Long story short we lit the wick and blew up a mannequin. Why we and the reason why we did that? Who the fuck knows, but the more I look back on that fond memory. I realized one thing that was the one of the many dumbest things I did as kid.

 

[Shifty]

I used to scale cliffs when I was a kid. No ropes, nothing.

Oh, and there was the time I lodge a .22 calibre bullet between the branches of a tree and set if off by firing at it with a BB gun.

 

[LukeEl]

I used to scale cliffs when I was a kid. No ropes, nothing.

Oh, and there was the time I lodge a .22 calibre bullet between the branches of a tree and set if off by firing at it with a BB gun.

Who didn't have a bb gun growing up? We used to love them, in fact so much we played war games with them. But the rule was, that we could only shoot below the waist to score points.

 

[PlumpRump]

It really depends on what you consider "kid" age, but if we're allowing discussions that span into our mid-teenage years, I would have to say that the dumbest thing I ever did as a kid would have to be when I was 16. I used to get really, really drunk and stoned and drive well over the speed limit, like 30-40 mph, (freeway, surface streets, anywhere) 2 or 3 times a week, never wearing a seatbelt. I was really lucky I never got in an accident, such a stupid thing to do.

But as a "kid" kid, I used to have a fascination with fire. I would burn all sorts of things in my bedroom, and in the sink in my kitchen, almost burned the house down a time or two. Woops!

 

[GregCentauro]

set if off by firing at it with a BB gun.

I wonder what a BlueBalls gun looks like

http://www.lastnightoffreedom.co.uk/images/shop/1/willy-water-gun-1.jpg

Dumbest thing I did was: I didn't kill my parents.

 

[BlueBalls]

We used to throw bricks at moving trains, which depending on where you hit (the windows were 100 points) caused quite a bit of damage, as you can imagine.

It made the local paper. :yesyes:

Thinking back, we could've killed someone. Which is awesome

I wonder what a BlueBalls gun looks like

http://www.lastnightoffreedom.co.uk/images/shop/1/willy-water-gun-1.jpg

Mine's not as handsome as that. Shame

 

[LukeEl]

Another dumb thing we did as kids. Back in the 80's ninja movies were really popular as kids especially the Sho Kosogi ones like Revenge of the Ninja. Anyway we used to round up over 2 dozen neighborhood kids and dress as ninjas, split into teams, and battle each other with blunt and non lethal martial arts weapons....which was bullshit because I got my nose broken when the little shit down the street hit me with a nunchuk in the face.

 

[dbradford8589]

Set off a 1/4 stick of dynamite between my house and the nieghbors. We put a 20 pound block of concrete on top of it that went 4 feet in the air. We couldn't stop laughing until all the nieghborhood came out to see what the hell was the noise.

 

[anairhead999]

i used to drop bricks off two stories building with my friend and see who's brick would break first. It was a lot of fun and stupid but it doesn't really rank up to the ones I've read

 

[meesterperfect]

grow up.

 

[Straight Shooter]

Around the Fourth of July, my friends and I used to shoot roman candles at each other.

My friends and I used to imitate the Jackass guys and one time I wound up in a shopping cart while my buddies pushed the cart full speed over a speed bump and I went flying in the air.

 

[DJCowboy]

Accidentally went back in time and saw John Wilkes Booth and said, "Hey, you're the guy who shot Lincoln." He then proceeded to thank me for the idea.

 

[maildude]

I sold drugs to Richard Nixon's nephew's son. He turned around and sold them to Spiro Agnew's sister's niece's brother. I made enough to pay my locker fee.

 

[LukeEl]

I sold drugs to Richard Nixon's nephew's son. He turned around and sold them to Spiro Agnew's sister's niece's brother. I made enough to pay my locker fee.

And his name was Jeffrey Lebowski aka the Dude.

 

[anomaly]

Prayer!:yinyang:

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

High school romance.

 

[jod0565]

Drink beer.

 

[StanScratch]

We used to throw bricks at moving trains, which depending on where you hit (the windows were 100 points) caused quite a bit of damage, as you can imagine.

It made the local paper. :yesyes:

Thinking back, we could've killed someone. Which is awesome
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Yeah, we did that. Until we moved on to moving cars. Then got caught. Complete dumbasses.

I used to have a model of the General Lee (not exactly sure why). One day, I decided to grab the 40 or so firecrackers I had and create a "last ride of the General Lee" scenario.
Afraid of being caught (and home alone), I decided to do this in our basement. I almost went deaf after that.


One year, we had a great snowstorm which dumped snow, sleet and more snow on Ohio. It created an almost perfect downhill skating rink.
I then grabbed one of those flat plastic blue sleds that fly in the first place...and grease the bottom of it. I realized what a horrible idea this was as I flew down the hill at what seemed like 70 miles per hour.
I had two choices: Hit the trees or hit the creek. I chose the trees. My back still hurts from that.


Finally, one day a friend of mine decided to get rid of the weeds in his back yard the fun way: Burn them. So, we grabbed every flammable item in his shed, house and garage and dumped it on his lawn. I was in the middle of his lawn in the process of emptying a gas can on the lawn when I heard the hiss of a match being struck. It was literally like the scene of an action movie, as I just managed to jump away from the inferno as the flames licked at the bottoms of my shoes (and did catch the end of the laces on fire briefly).

 

[lurkingdirk]

I introduced myself to an older man named BlueBalls. While parts of the ride have been magical, overall I'd have to say the rectal damage and the night terrors make me wonder if it is worth it.

 

[bustybbwlover]

this was more of a pattern than a single instance but i used to jump down flights of stairs, off balconies, etc shockingly enough i never broke anything doing this