Stupid things we did as kids!

[Goldpick]

As the title suggests, do you have a story of something stupid you did as a kid, one of those things that hopefully reeducates you, ready for adulthood (supposedlly).

Please, nothing too incriminating that could lead to further trouble.

Probably one of the most stupid things I ever did occurred in Dads underground workshop, located under the house we were living in at the time. Dad had a 4/10 shotgun, and an old doubled shotgun with hammers stowed away high up in a large white cupboard (no longer has them). Curiosity got the better if me, so I pulled the case out, and there were a few shotgun shells sitting around with no shot or wad in them, just a live primer.

Figuring it would be as loud as a cap gun, I stuck the shell in the vice, grabbed a nail and hammer, and proceded to wack the primer to see what would happen. Needless to say, it was extraordinarily loud, and being in a cement walled room, even worse - my ears were ringing for hours after that, ticked that off as a never to do again experiment!

 

[BrisJoe]

Ahh to be young...

Back when explosive tools were the norm on building sites, and the tradies would leaves piles of the blank .22 rounds all over the place, when ever I visited a house getting built I would collect a few. The 1 day me and my bestie decided it would be an awesome idea so smack them on the concrete with a hammer. Was all fun and games until a piece of casing shrapnel went into my mates leg, wasn't such a great idea then lol

Other then that my childhood was fairly sheltered and sedate, I would spend my time watching the summer test series while building model aircraft and designing stuff with mechanno, which all helped to give me my understanding today of structural and design engineering, which I am able to use every day at most of my jobs where I was designing army field and height safety equipment, and even today when I do crack checks on my mech check procedure on my mining trucks when I service them, which I can find an average of 5-10 cracks and 3-5 cracked/freyed/bulging hydraulic hoses per machine average that all the other fitters overlook, the slack *******s

 

[Digger Danny]

At a very young age an older mate of mine told me to shoot an air rifle pallet at my Dad's windscreen using a slingshot. He told me the air rifle pellet was the softer of the two and it was normal for the pellet to flatten. He showed me this by squashing one in his teeth.I did as requested but did not get the result that he said. He took off home and left me to tell the lies.

 

[dwt]

My older brother and myself were the ripe old age of 10 & 13. When we thought it would be a good idea to wash the bugs off the front of my dads 65 mdl 2 door Chevy camaro, our butts hurt for a month after dad seen we had used mums kitchen scouring pads. 8.(

 

[Goldpick]

My older brother and myself were the ripe old age of 10 & 13. When we thought it would be a good idea to wash the bugs off the front of my dads 65 mdl 2 door Chevy camaro, our butts hurt for a month after dad seen we had used mums kitchen scouring pads. 8.(

You meant well, can't blame you for that. :lol:

 

[slipped disc]

hi all. as kids in primary school, we used to ''patrol'' the park lands with sticks and throwing dirt clumps at each other.
now I find myself doing it with a dectector looking for ''treasure.'' I stopped throwing dirt clumps tho. :lol:
I have a cloth patch on a polo shirt which states'' cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.'' that sums me up nicely.

 

[Goldpick]

I was also a big Star Wars fan as a kid, used to patrol my neighbourhood at night with my holster and blaster, ducking behind bushes whenever a car approached. My purple dragster bicycle was the method of transport back then. Do that today and you will probably have a swat team out looking for you, followed closely by a ban on all toy guns.

 

[20x]

Just a few of the things I did....

Poured petrol down the corrigations of the roof at home and made my hotwheel cars hotter. lol

Constructed an overhead winch reel and rod from technic leggo and used it to catch cane toads on the back lawn at night with a hook and moths as bait. lol

Stole centrefire cartridge primer's from dads reloading room to use as explosive air riffle ammo. lol

counted every wall inside and outside the house with a big black crayon. lol

tested every tonka toys tuffness with a hammer. lol

the list goes on lol

I grew up with a sore ass...bit it was allways worth it! :lol:

 

[elrodeo]

err I grew up !! Dumbest thing I ever did !

 

[Dutchy]

Growing up in redneck Alabama you could imagine. I remember being bored (about 12 years old) and daring each other to try and shoot out the glass power line conductors with our .22 rifles. This was in the middle of town! The police drove by as they had complaints (not of the shooting but damage to power lines) and asked us to move into the woods to do our shooting. Times have changed.

 

[dezman]

Got bored with fireworks so removed all the black powder and stuffed it into a match box
BANG......
Dropped 22bullets off building
BANG......
Petrol, aerosol cans, lighters etc......
Lucky I'm still here ......
Oh but the dumbest is carrying a big Tiger Snake in a bucket on a hot day to the sewer drain,
Then go in after dropping Snake to retrieve lid!....
Gee he was not happy with me!

 

[20x]

I still want to know what would happen if....

I got descent 240v output genny and ran 2 long extension leads out, plugged 1 lead into the smallest microwave I can get and then plug the other lead into a big enough microwave to fit the smaller 1 inside it. hit full power on both and run for my life? :lol:

 

[richo966]

we used to search for train dets and we used to set them of with stones and other methods lucky I never lost a limb
played with lighter when kid in shed made the flame big it started to melt lighter in my hands chucked it on bench it set petrol tin on fire I kicked the tin out of the shed flames flying every where
loved bungers as kid I would tape a bunch together and blow things up blew up termite mound it started fire and came close to old wooden bridge before we put it out :8

 

[Redmanti]

As the title suggests, do you have a story of something stupid you did as a kid, one of those things that hopefully reeducates you, ready for adulthood (supposedlly).

Please, nothing too incriminating that could lead to further trouble.

Probably one of the most stupid things I ever did occurred in Dads underground workshop, located under the house we were living in at the time. Dad had a 4/10 shotgun, and an old doubled shotgun with hammers stowed away high up in a large white cupboard (no longer has them). Curiosity got the better if me, so I pulled the case out, and there were a few shotgun shells sitting around with no shot or wad in them, just a live primer.

Figuring it would be as loud as a cap gun, I stuck the shell in the vice, grabbed a nail and hammer, and proceded to wack the primer to see what would happen. Needless to say, it was extraordinarily loud, and being in a cement walled room, even worse - my ears were ringing for hours after that, ticked that off as a never to do again experiment!

Did almost the same thing with a .22 round but it was intact with the slug in it.

Me and three other kids crouched over a .22 round with me hitting it with a rock until it went off and sailed between our legs.

No particular attention was paid to the direction it was facing either.

 

[slipped disc]

HAHAHA, there are some wild childs posting here. never did anything like you guys did.
I'm glad that you are all solid,responsible citizens now. ?

 

[20x]

some real dumb things I did....

I threw a big handful of really old school pistol bullets I pinched from dads shed into the school incinerator once, it was right next to the ashfelt ball playing area. how no-one got injured or killed I do not know. lots of bangin goin on inside once they started going off...maybe the steel was thick enough to contain them...I ran my ass off...not proud of that one at all!

Had 1 of those bed lights on my bed as a kid that can be bent and stayed in position (sorta like a bendy shower head hose)....anyway...the problem was its on and off button, when the globe actually blew and from that time I allways use to push the button in and out turning it on and off before bed but the button would look the same on or off...

time came to replace bulb...

being 10 yrs old I thought I would do the right thing so the bulb doesnt blow and jam my fingers in the socket...I **** you not it blew me right across the room, I then sorta realised what just happened and at the same time as getting up and it all felt like a gaint fist had just smashed me hard core. :lol:

maybe the old house didn't have a circuit breaker at all or something...all that mattered is I lived and I lived to tell the story of what its like to ride the lightning. :lol:

 

[Gippy]

Funny stuff :lol: :lol:

In the very early 70s when I was around 5, Mum and Dad brought their first Brand new car, a Mazda 1500.
We were visiting family, while they were in the house I discovered that the car cigarette lighter made nice patterns on the vinyl, I cant remember whether I got my arse kicked or not but I can remember my art work well I went down hill from there.....

 

[banksy]

My younger brother and I were mucking around with my slug gun when bang 177 in my left leg 8.(, no more slug gun.

 

[Mr Magoo]

I remember as a kid at school buying the biggest sky rocket money could buy. Me and my mates went down to the local park during school lunch break to let it rip.
Just to add a little spice to the launch we lit it on a slowly spinning round-a-bout but not before snapping off the stabilizer stick.

This thing launched at a horrendous rate about 6 foot above the ground with the predictability of a side winder straight towards one of my mates head. His legs could not run fast enough. But as a run, looking over his shoulder at the encroaching missile. Luck was on his side. He ran straight into a climbing frame that knocked him clean out allowing the rocket to pass harmlessly over his head. That was the good outcome, I shudder to think what would happen if the climbing frame hadn't been there.

Do not try this at home.

 

[Goldpick]

Geez, I should have titled this thread "misuse of firearms and ordinance". :lol: