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dissentowner · 05-19-2016, 07:30 PM

What really crazy things you did as a kid? I used to hang out with a bunch of guys and growing up in a small town there was not much to do but play baseball out back of the school that our houses were near and causing trouble. The one kid's back yard was right where the baseball field was and we would always hop his fence to get there and he was also the designated water boy as well. Anyhow one day we were playing and the one guy hit a foul ball that landed in this old guys backyard. There was a fence around his yard and we played toss the bat to see who had to scale the fence and get it. Now none of us wanted to be the one to go over because this man owned a Doberman that he would let out sometimes and it would run around barking its head off at us. We didn't know if the dog was mean or not but none of us wanted to find out either. So our one buddy Ben was the poor bugger that ended up going for it. He gets to the top and is just about to drop down when the old guy opens up his patio door and out comes the damn dog and it comes tearing ass to the fence and poor Ben hauls himself back to our side. The dog is going mental and the old ####### walks over and grabs our baseball and goes back in the house. Now looking back in hindsight we should have walked around to his front door, asked for the ball back and if he refused just call the cops but we were terrible kids and this called for revenge! So we decided we were going to break one of his windows. We could do it from the previous mentioned friends backyard and that would give us ample time to get out of Dodge. So dark comes and we realize we have no rocks. Now what? The kid who lived there Mark was like no problem, goes into his house and comes out with 4 big potatoes. So now who was going to be the one to throw them? Ya, I had a cannon of an arm so I got nominated. No problem, this guy stole our ball and tried to sick his dog on Ben, justice! So I decide I am going to take out the right upper window, I throw the first potato and it goes sailing over the roof, no good. The second one hits the roof and rolls down into the eavestrough. The third one though, the third is the throw of throws! It goes perfectly where I throw it like a rocket and instead of the smash we are all expectantly looking forward to it goes right through the open window and a man screams loudly! We run like hell out of the yard and down the street and when we stop nobody says anything for like 5 minutes. At that time I pipe up that I must have pegged him in his bed with a potato! So we didn't play baseball for a week or so until we finally figured enough time had passed. So we are out there and we had just got started and the old guy comes out and waves us over. Uh oh!!!! We get over there and he has two things in his hand. He tosses the first over the fence and says "Here's your damn ball" Then he tosses the 2nd thing over and says "And there is your f'n potato too!"

05-19-2016, 07:30 PM	#1
dissentowner Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: SW Ontario Exp:	Stupid things you did as a kid. What really crazy things you did as a kid? I used to hang out with a bunch of guys and growing up in a small town there was not much to do but play baseball out back of the school that our houses were near and causing trouble. The one kid's back yard was right where the baseball field was and we would always hop his fence to get there and he was also the designated water boy as well. Anyhow one day we were playing and the one guy hit a foul ball that landed in this old guys backyard. There was a fence around his yard and we played toss the bat to see who had to scale the fence and get it. Now none of us wanted to be the one to go over because this man owned a Doberman that he would let out sometimes and it would run around barking its head off at us. We didn't know if the dog was mean or not but none of us wanted to find out either. So our one buddy Ben was the poor bugger that ended up going for it. He gets to the top and is just about to drop down when the old guy opens up his patio door and out comes the damn dog and it comes tearing ass to the fence and poor Ben hauls himself back to our side. The dog is going mental and the old ####### walks over and grabs our baseball and goes back in the house. Now looking back in hindsight we should have walked around to his front door, asked for the ball back and if he refused just call the cops but we were terrible kids and this called for revenge! So we decided we were going to break one of his windows. We could do it from the previous mentioned friends backyard and that would give us ample time to get out of Dodge. So dark comes and we realize we have no rocks. Now what? The kid who lived there Mark was like no problem, goes into his house and comes out with 4 big potatoes. So now who was going to be the one to throw them? Ya, I had a cannon of an arm so I got nominated. No problem, this guy stole our ball and tried to sick his dog on Ben, justice! So I decide I am going to take out the right upper window, I throw the first potato and it goes sailing over the roof, no good. The second one hits the roof and rolls down into the eavestrough. The third one though, the third is the throw of throws! It goes perfectly where I throw it like a rocket and instead of the smash we are all expectantly looking forward to it goes right through the open window and a man screams loudly! We run like hell out of the yard and down the street and when we stop nobody says anything for like 5 minutes. At that time I pipe up that I must have pegged him in his bed with a potato! So we didn't play baseball for a week or so until we finally figured enough time had passed. So we are out there and we had just got started and the old guy comes out and waves us over. Uh oh!!!! We get over there and he has two things in his hand. He tosses the first over the fence and says "Here's your damn ball" Then he tosses the 2nd thing over and says "And there is your f'n potato too!"