Looks like we have a frontrunner for the 2023 Darwin Award

TonyR said:
More "growing up in the 50's and 60's".... :winktongue:

CARS
  • No child seats
  • Parents held their babies in the front seat
BIKES
  • same applies to scooters, "soap boxes", and motorcycles
PLAYGROUND
  • See-saw (teeter-totter)...trying to launch your buddy to the moon
OTHER STUFF
  • home made pipe bombs just to blow s**t up.
  • Access to parents rifles and hand guns shooting all kinds of crap in your back yard while surrounded by other housing
Click to expand...


Yeah, those were the good ol' days
 
  • Like
  • Haha
Reactions: Sybertiger, dweeb, mat200 and 3 others
  • Wow
  • Sad
Reactions: JDreaming, TonyR and bigredfish
Old thread I realize.
Keyboard said:
This reminds me of the stupid and dangerous things I did growing up. In some cases I'm lucking I didn't get seriously hurt or killed.
I cringe whenever I reminisce about those events.
Click to expand...
I could have written this word for word about myself.
TonyR said:
when I was 5 I pulled the metal clip out of an old glass Christmas tree ornament and shoved it into the 120 volt wall outlet....
Click to expand...
I beat you! I was 3 when I stuck the scissors in the outlet. Decorated the white outlet with black modern art. Then there was the time I set the fireplace mantel on fire with the cigarette lighter, and the full list is a whole lot longer.
 
  • Haha
Reactions: JDreaming and TonyR
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom