strange things we did when we were kids

[wayne71]

We used to play 'cow shit brick' on our way to/from school. Basically involved carrying a few bricks from a falling down farm building and chucking them at a pile of fresh cow shit trying to splatter each other, very weird.

In the same field we used to dig a hole fill it full of cow shit and put the turf back over it and watch people fall in on their way to school. The farmer got that pissed off in the end he used to come out and start blasting his shotgun (not at us).

We used to play army but with black widow catapults and air pistols as we got older, I've still got a couple of small scars.

We used to experiment with fireworks, dismantling air bombs and making boxes of mini explosives, looking back we deserved a good kicking.

 

[steviemc]

Did other people call their pocket money 'spends'? About once a year me and my sister would decide to make a stance and ask dad for an increase, We spent hours thinking of loads of reasons to justify an increase, and whoever drew the short straw had to ask.

Inevitably the campaign was over in about 10 seconds. 'Can we have some more spends dad'?
No you can't . What do you think you're on? Your daddy's yacht?' And that was it, conversation over for another year. And no increase from 25p.

Never did understand that phrase at the time. I used to think, what the hell is dad going on about? We've definitely had a dinghy, and I know there's an old canoe in the shed, but we ain't ever had no fucking yacht!

If you don't know now, it was a saying used in the navy (especially during national service days) by NCO's to raw recruits to put them back in line when recruits were being, lets say, a bit precious or appeared to want special privileges.

Thanks Carver, that would make sense as he had a few sayings from the forces and time spent in national service .

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Lick a battery, why the fuck did we do that

 

[Blue Til Death]

We used to see who could hold on to the farmers electrified fence the longest, fuck that used to make yer biceps sore.. ;-)

 

[mscenterh750]

Lick a battery, why the fuck did we do that

Lick a woman out, and see if you can taste any difference.

 

[BlueHammer85]

group of us used to knock on doors and just sit in there front garden talking to each other ... or used to pretend to beat the sh*t out of one of mates in a shopping centre and run off etc... dom jolly generation stuff

 

[york away to this!]

picking out the cats eyes with a sheath knife...






(the ones from the middle of the road)

 

[steviemc]

picking out the cats eyes with a sheath knife...






(the ones from the middle of the road)

Phew!