(Illegal) Things we did as kids

[TraceRacing]

Although most (if not all) would not have joined in the looting over the past few days, many have a bit of a colourful background so I thought I'd start the ball rolling...

The local supermarket (think Woolies type of shop) where I grew up for some reason never stocked the square 9v batteries (PP9's I think they are called). So as a 10/11 year old my mate and I took it in turns about once a week in the school holidays to go a nick a load of 1.2v penlight batteries.

The other used to then return them to the shop under the guise of "my mum's radio uses the square ones, can I exchange please?" and then, as they didn't stock them, they refunded us the money for the ones we'd nicked.

Result - enough money for a few days on the old pinball machine at the local cafe!

[Paddy]

Cycling without lights, police threatened to take me to court. (I was about 10yo).

Cycling on the pavement, stopped by police. (I was about 10yo).

Touching a girls bottom. (I was 5yo)

Asking a girl to remove her knickers while she was playing netball. (I was about 11yo and got into big time trouble for that).

Touching a girls breasts, girl did not mind but mother complained (I was 12yo).

Showing another boy my knob (I was about 9 yo). Homosexually was illegal then.

[MarillionFan]

I once cheated in chess club by a moving a piece behind my opponents back.

[mudskipper]

When I was 4 I pinched a sweet from the pick and mix in the post office. I spent the next two years living in fear of the police coming for me.

I also mooned at passing cars at about the same time, but got a smack on the bum for that so new that I had been dealt justice.

4 years old was probably my most criminal year. For the next 10 years anyway...!

[KimberleyChris]

Using a washing line to tie two opposite door knockers together across the street, then knocking on both doors at once and running away.
Slam...slam...slam. Hours of fun :-)

[MarillionFan]

When I was 4 I pinched a sweet from the pick and mix in the post office. I spent the next two years living in fear of the police coming for me.

I also mooned at passing cars at about the same time, but got a smack on the bum for that so new that I had been dealt justice.

4 years old was probably my most criminal year. For the next 10 years anyway...!

Tart.

[northernladuk]

I once cheated in chess club by a moving a piece behind my opponents back.

Did he turn around and find it?

or when you say 'piece' you mean a tall blonde with big knockers so it would put him off?

[realityhack]

Way too many things I can think of here.

[TestMangler]

Nicking money from my sister's piggy bank to buy cigarettes

[darmstadt]

Fiddling with old men when I was 5