Stupid things you did as a kid.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by BurningYears

Grades 7-9 the hell raising years of Jr High,

I would spend all of my Social Studies class doing anything but schooling. Throwing textbooks into the courtyard in the middle and spending the next 20 minutes meandering the halls to retrieve them. In this same class I'm pretty sure I spent 2 full classes taping a piece of presentation paper over a vent that was blowing cold air.

Friend blowing a hole through the arts room window with a home made pipebomb and proceeding to need to run to the closest alley.

The popular Snowball at vehicle exercise resulting in a much slower adult getting out of said vehicle and chasing us, as well as rocks at seagulls.

And my favorite would be when I discovered that bobby pins plus electrical outlets equal "sweet balls of spark everywhere" usually I would do it in empty hallways, until my final episode outside of Miss Lim's math room during class change, of course the packed hallway went crazy which proceeded to Miss Lim running out and asking who did it. Could of just said nothing and no one would of been in trouble, but nope got the one kid who yelled my name and pointed to me, End Result was a trip to the office and having to write a report on voltage.

Good times....

I was with a buddy of mine and bored waiting for the bus. We were bored and dumb I guess and throwing snowballs at cars driving past. I threw one and it was perfect. Like I got a lot on it (for a kid who was like 12-13ish) and my timing was perfect. I still remember the moment and can picture the snowball leaving my fingers and then realising a split second later that the guy had his window open. Part of me was so proud because it was such great timing. That pride turned to horror in about a second when the guy slammed his brakes on. Of course we shoud've run off, but I guess we were waiting for the bus? I have no idea.

The guy grabbed me by my collar and slammed me against the bus shelter and was clearly not as impressed by my throw. "I should really beat the hell out of you because you're going to kill someone! You're lucky you're just a kid!" It worked though and I learned my lesson for sure. Now, years later its pretty hilarious to me, but at that point it wasn't that funny.

[activeStick]

I did the snowballs at moving vehicles thing but I put rocks in the center of them that I would get from the alley...

[heep223]

Shooting paintballs out of a slingshot at neighbours windows. How did we think we wouldn't get caught? Idiots. Cops came over the next day.

Shooting out a neighbour's window with a pellet gun....which was an accident.

Getting pulled on a GT racer behind a truck at like 60km/hr.

Getting pulled by a truck on an all terrain skateboard. Way too fast.

Throwing handfuls of pennies out the car window at people waiting for the bus. My god what were we thinking.

Filling tennis balls with gasoline soaked paper towel, lighting them on fire and kicking them around the garage.

Having dart fights in the basement.

Zapping each other's faces with those electrified bug zapper paddles.

Hiking up a storm drain until it was pitch black, and riding down it on a fast food tray into the river below.

Lighting a fire cracker, cocking it by my ear and then waiting for my buddy to light his.

[Tacopuck]

Originally Posted by heep223

Hiking up a storm drain until it was pitch black, and riding down it on a fast food tray into the river below.

Oh hell I still do this. Don't forget to lift the tray at the end of the tunnel to avoid the 1/4" steel plate and bolts.....

[Magnum PEI]

I threw snowballs at cars one time and one of the cars I hit turned out to be my cousin driving by. Word leaked back to my parents and I got grounded.

[Drak]

Shot a hand held air gun at the park in our neighborhood with a friend and got surrounded by cops at 17.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

going thru old photos a number of years ago i came across one of me in an oilers zip hoodie

i was devastated - how could this be? i had no desire to have a mullet, i like to shower and i don't own sweat pants.

the only thing i can figure is that looking at my age in the pic it was definitely taken in the early 80's. times were really tight back then with the recession and my older brother was a huge gretzky fan - so it must have been a hand-me-down. even so... i still feel dirty.

I had this but could take it even further. I was a legit Oilers fan - or at least as much a fan you can be when you're 5-6.

My parents split when I was a kid, and for about a year my mom, sis and I moved in with her sis in Edmonton who had sons about my age. This is the late 80s right in the dynasty years, so I guess through my cousins I bought into the hype. There's pics of me on Christmas 1988 morning wearing Edmonton Oilers pj's. I also had a West Edmonton Mall World Waterpark summer pass, and I'm wearing a blue Oilers jersey in my ID picture. So gross.

For some reason back then I just assumed I was born in Edmonton (we moved around a ton when I was a kid), it wasn't until about a year later I found out I was actually born in Calgary. Then shortly after that, we with my now step dad moved to Calgary where I was raised, and the rest is history as me becoming a Flames fan.

Can't even imagine my life as an Oilers fan if we hadn't moved, thank Jebus. Makes me sick even visualizing it.