What crazy thing did you do as a kid ?

[byegad]

Not sure what it says about me, but i've never got bored with doing stupid things....even when i was in my 30s
I figured (after reading it once) you can drive a manual car (or van in this case) without using the clutch.
Start with just the right amount of throttle and in 1st gear, you can pull away with no clutch. Just the right revs, you can change gear.
I once drove from Peterborough to the outskirts of London without touching the clutch once Would you buy a used car from me ?

I once did that on a motorbike, no electric start so kick it off in the middle of the road and roll down the camber on tick over and drop it into bottom. Then just get the revs right as you change gear.

It wasn't something I did by choice I did it because the clutch cable was frozen solid, so all of the above on fresh snow.

I tried it in a car (A Morris Minor) after the clutch thrust plate went and started by putting it in bottom with the engine off and let the starter pull it away and start the engine at the same time. Perfectly possible so long as you need to be where you are going more than you care about the car.

 

[Joe24]

Joe in a gorilla suit? I have this image in my head now that won't go away

Tigger loved bouncing to Owls house didn't he

Jane, if you think ill look good in a gorilla suit, just think how ill look out of it









I mean in my normal clothes you dirty bugger!

 

[Cranky]

I went on a school trip to Benidorm in the late 1960's when I was 12. I'd never been to a hot climate before and neither had my parents. My mum had given me a small tin of Vaseline Petroleum Jelly in case I should graze something, I suppose. In the absence of any proper advice that I can remember I used it as suntan lotion, smothering myself from head to toe at the beach. I then swiftly fried, not realising until later - when I was in agony and shaking uncontrollably - when I was diagnosed with sunstroke.

I had to spend about three days in bed in my hotel room before I could bear to put any clothes on, and even laying on the sheets was excruciating.

 

[snorri]

Probably the craziest thing I did was going winter canoeing.
I could not get the right sort of canvas to skin the canoe frame and decided to try polythene. This actually worked quite well until one calm winters day when there were some large ice sheets on the sea surface. About a mile from the shore the canoe was beginning to feel heavy and I realised the ice had slashed the polythene skin. Fortunately I had fitted a double skin and made it to the shore in the dark.

 

[Lisa21]

Jane, if you think ill look good in a gorilla suit, just think how ill look out of it









I mean in my normal clothes you dirty bugger!

Dont be cheeky to Jane, she'll bounce you

 

[Sun Superlight]

Made up a flame thrower from an old Flit Flyspray
(A sort of bike pump attached to a canister filled with parraffin)
Used it to destroy wasps nests in the local riverbank. My brother poked the nest with a stick whilst I got busy with the pump action flamethrower as they came out.
During a lull in the procedure we decided to swap roles. As we were doing this the wasps took advantage and decided to attack.
Brother ended up with over 30 stings to his neck and arms and I with about twenty.
It didn't seem quite as much fun after that.

 

[Joe24]

Dont be cheeky to Jane, she'll bounce you

Fwwwoooooaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr

YES PLEASE!!!!!

 

[Jane Smart]

Fwwwoooooaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr

YES PLEASE!!!!!

Lisa don't encourage him

Joe down boy

 

[snorri]

Jane, if you think ill

It's not only Jane who is likely to think ill of you.

 

[Joe24]

Lisa don't encourage him

Joe down boy

Hows it going then Jane

 

[Jane Smart]

Hows it going then Jane

Joe my darling ( should not encourage you haha ) it is going welll thanks and you ?

 

[Joe24]

Joe my darling ( should not encourage you haha ) it is going welll thanks and you ?

Jane, my sweet, it is going well aswell.
Did you manage to get out on the bike at all today?

 

[gary r]

theres a subway that goes under the M3 near farnborough,so its quite long.we used to ride our bikes through whilst our "mates" would fire roman candles & rockets down the subway from the other end !It was head down & pedal like mad to see if you could reach the end of the subway!!! Madness i know but great fun at the time.We also played a game where we would all line our footballs up on the side of the road,one "volunteer" would then have to cycle down the street whilst we booted footballs at him trying to knock him off,I always went for the gentle shot trying to roll the ball under the front wheel of the bike !!!

 

[Fnaar]

My mate Johhny and I used to skate around the isles of Woolworths

Is that near the peninsula of Iceland

 

[Campfire]

I did a few daft things, dug a hole in our back garden about 6 x 6 x 4 with steps down one side so I could climb down. I dug it mostly myself, had a little stool, cups & plates & some weeds in a jamjar. I covered it over at night with something or other. The neighbours made my dad fill it in as they thought some little kids would fall in.

I was running with a friend along the canal bank, went up a little rise then down again and ended up in mud up to my shoulders. It was the dreggings from the canal which had just settled on the top. I was absolutely reeking & my friend wouldn't walk near me on the way home. I had to change my clothes at her house as I was scared to go home as I'd got new clothes on.

At the age of 12 I cycled from Warrington to Rainow, the other side of Macclesfield, alone, just leaving a note for my mum and dad. I knew the way as I'd been with the club. Nobody worried about me - they knew I would be OK. However I don't think I even had any puncture repair kit with me or anything, apart from the most important thing, sandwiches.