SoylentGreen
Diamond Member
Probably jumping off a 20 foot high roof into a standard above the ground pool.
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Whats the craziest (or most dangerous) thing you did?
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OK you peaked my interest, did you KO the goon or what?
CPA
Elite Member
When I was 9-10 a couple of buddies and I vandalised and ransacked several seasonal camper trailers (I lived in a beach side trailer park/vacation area in upstate NY). Boy was it a shock to me and my parents when the State Police showed up one evening at our doorstep.
The bad part was that my "buddies" were the ones who first spoke out, after they got wind that one of the vandalised trailers was that of a state judge. :Q They cracked and blamed everything on me, though I was nothing more than the look-out man.
The bad part was that my "buddies" were the ones who first spoke out, after they got wind that one of the vandalised trailers was that of a state judge. :Q They cracked and blamed everything on me, though I was nothing more than the look-out man.
wnied
Diamond Member
The most dangerous thing I did as a kid, was to construct a "rocket car" out of wood, aluminum, tin cans and a bunch of E class model rocket engines. Hooked it up, and fired her off much to the chagrin of our neighbors and later on our parents. All total we had twenty E class model rocket engines hooked into tin cans that were hammered into a board on the back of our driver seat. Set it up with a mult-ignition starter and "Fwoof!" Big flash, and it blew the back of the seat off lighting up my t-shirt, seat belt, chin strap and the better part of our neighbors lawns. Had second degree burns up and down my arms, legs and back. We did a few other things in the summers before and after this, but this stands out as the one craziest/most dangerous thing we did. We also made a home made diving bell, self propelled tennis ball cannon, and a tree house three stories up...
...both those are stories for another thread.
~wnied~
...both those are stories for another thread.
~wnied~
xeno2060
Golden Member
Maybe the time Dapunisher and I passed an off duty Deputy at over 100mph on our motorcycles. He decided to play left lane larry and not let us pass, Dapunisher passed him the emergencey lane and I passed him inbetween his car and the median. Oh yeah we were drunk at the time. :Q
olds
Elite Member
When I was in JR high I placed a firecracker between the buttons on the crotch of my 501s. My plan was to light the fire cracker as a show of my manliness and then pinch it out with my fingertips. When I went to pinch it out I accidentally knocked it into my trousers.
I was slamming my fists into my crotch trying to put it out before it went off. I was successful in putting it out. I was also successful in kicking by own butt in a fist fight. I was rolling around on the ground in severe pain as my friends and my brother laughed their a$$es off. It's 30 years later and my brother still tells that story.
I was slamming my fists into my crotch trying to put it out before it went off. I was successful in putting it out. I was also successful in kicking by own butt in a fist fight. I was rolling around on the ground in severe pain as my friends and my brother laughed their a$$es off. It's 30 years later and my brother still tells that story.
MacInThebox
Member
Decided to work for my parents
Oh I forgot about that one 😀
I was around 18 at the time. Him and his buddies were known to be pretty dangerous. He had brought around 6 of them to back him up. I only had one friend of mine with me. I fell down on top of him and held my arm over his throat and kept hitting him with my free arm until he begged off. Right after me and him got up from the ground we heard a police car. Someone that lived nearby had called the police. We all took off in different directions. I think I was pretty lucky. It could have turned out real bad.
Thegonagle
Diamond Member
What, did you miss? I used to jump off my cousin's garage roof on to the trampoline all the time!
Squisher
Lifer
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
I have you ALL beat hands down in the stupidity department!
Though I hate to admit it, when I was in the service in the 70's, I had a good friend I was in the CORPS with that was from Scottsdale Ar. and since we were stationed in Cal. (El Toro Marine air base) it wasn't that far away. Sometimes when we had a long weekend off we would drive to Scottsdale. Well my buddies best friend was a drug dealer. Every time we would go visit, he would offer us all the free heroin we wanted! (I would turn it down most times, though I did smoke it once or twice) I had seen the types of people he dealt with, and what the drugs had done to them, and I was at least smart enough NOT to fall into THAT trap.
Well one time we were visiting, and he decided he needed to make "A Run" down to Ensinada Mexico. As I recall there were about 5-6 of us that went down with him. When we got down there, we first went to a bar where he called his "connection" to make sure he was home. Then he and I went to the guys house! It had been decided that I would go along as a "Guinea Pig" to test to see how good the stuff was since I was more or less a "Cherry"Duhh OK... I was young and dumb....
Well we get to the guys house, and he takes one look at me and can tell I'm in the service and starts saying how he will trade a OZ. for a M16. (Right, like I'm gonna do THAT, at that age I was dumb, but not THAT dumb!!) Anyway the gist of that matter was that I DID go through with my end. We got the "package" and then the whole bunch of us staggered across the border like typical drunk tourists, with the "Package" being "worn" by one of the women that was with us.
Man, we could have ALL ended up in a Mexican prison or WORSE!
(The stupid things you do when you're a KID!!)
Well, I don't know if can beat this, but I certainly can tie it when comes to doing and dealing drugs. It's just that I'm too embarrassed to talk about it.
Hey, it was the 70's.
Murphyrulez
Golden Member
Got married when she was 18 without telling either of our parents until after we got back from the courthouse.
DON'T ever do that.
DON'T ever do that.
olds
Elite Member
When I was stationed in Germany a friend and I went down to Austria to go skiing. We had to be back by Mondays 5:30 AM, PT formation. We stopped into this bar to say goodbye to the friends we had made there and they kept buying us drinks. We left a little inebriated, with a long drive ahead of us and little time to do it. My friend started out driving but was too drunk. I took over and he passed out. I fell asleep while driving numerous times. You are right. It is frightening to wake up and see the rear bumper of a semi truck a foot off of your front bumper. The only time my friend woke up was when I stopped to get gas/something to eat. The was pi$$ed because I didn't wake him up. We made it back with about an hour to spare.
Ah, the good old days.
sharkeeper
Lifer
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