Weird things you did as a kid...

[EternalOptimist]

you misunderstand the title. its NOT 'things you did when you were a weird kid'

[AtW]

you misunderstand the title. its NOT 'things you did when you were a weird kid'

Shutit beardy!

[mudskipper]

We used to play "rabies". One person would have rabies, and the rest would be doctors and nurses (in conformity with gender stereotypes). The patient would chase the doctors and nurses and bite one, who then also had rabies. There was a lot of spitting involved, and, IIRC, smearing of spitty dirt over semi-naked bodies (I can't remember at what point the removal of clothes became part of the game - but we were only around seven years old!). The game continued until everyone had rabies, then we'd all die.

Oh happy days!

[Gibbon]

Another one was seeing if the number of see through knickers had incresed/decreased in the latest Kays catalogue

[thunderlizard]

Rabies


That's the clear winner so far. Odd things, kids!

[BA to the Stars]

Another one was seeing if the number of see through knickers had incresed/decreased in the latest Kays catalogue

Only as a kid

[Troll]

We played "booby trap"- basically wrap an aerosol (doesn't matter what's in it) in layers of packaging, add in sellotape, wire etc. but leave a access panel so the "bomb could be detonated" ...aim of the game was to disassemble the device without triggering - of course the success criteria was entirely at the discretion of the referee who would detonate -i.e. release the contents whenever he felt like it

That game was stopped when the contents of an aerosol oven cleaner were released into the eyes of a junior sibling (for stupidly failing to realise the device had a trembler ) resulting in a visit to A&E and a belt to our backsides

[MarillionFan]

Cow tipping and seagull kite flying.

Cow tipping is a good old evening passtime. Creep up on a sleeping cow(for you city boys they sleep standing up you know) and giving it a bloody good shove. How we'd laugh when they hit the floor mooing!

And of course, seagull kite flying.

When fishing, bait a hook and throw it inland towards the waiting seagulls.Jiggle the bait a little until one of the little vermin catch hold, and then hang on for dear life as they fly up into the sky.

Quick way to use up all of your line of course.

[Troll]

Another thing was to capture flies in a jar- anaesthetise with cellulose thinners and glue stick their legs to bits of styrene fashioned after Vulcan (the plane) wings

watch them attempt to fly around as engines for your air planes

Wasps were better - more powerful and bonus also armed - but the buggers would spend most of the time stinging the styrene sheet rather than attempting to take to the air

[Ruprect]

When I was about ten, I watched 'beaches' with my mum, aunty, siblings and cousins. Right at the point where bette midler is about to snuff it, I tried to sneak out a sly guff, however for some reason it came out trumping like an elephant. My cousins p**sed themselves laughing, and my mum, unimpressed, said 'i think you need a poo'