HOHIMER

We threw snowballs at passing panel trucks and semi tractor trailers.
As you watched the snowball go toward the truck, it looked like it traveled in and arc, not a straight line! Optical illusion due to the relative movement of the two objects.

HOHIMER

We made an airplane out of cardboard boxes and launched it off the barn roof. Good thing we decided to see if it would fly without a pilot first, before getting on board…..because it crashed straight to the ground!

dancers Loc: melbourne.victoria, australia

I did nothing whacky as a child and what I did as an adult remains my secret.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

OH YES. My brother and I did something whacky. It's a wonder we didn't cause a wreck. We lived in town and when it first got dark, he'd go across the street and stand at the curb. I'd stand at the curb on our side of the street. When a car would come by, we would pull back real hard like we had a piece of wire or something we were tightening. With only the street lights and their headlights, the driver figured there must be something we were pulling on that he couldn't see, so he'd slam on his breaks. We were just young enough and silly enough to think that was funny...until my mom caught us.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

I didn't see this until I had already posted that my brother and I did the same thing.

sudamar Loc: Southern Indiana

Remember those round balls you threw on the ground and they exploded? When I was in college some of the kids would put them under toilet seats and just wait for someone to sit down. The explosion would have the person who set on the seat running out into the hall with their pants still down, while everyone was laughing.

RowdyRay Loc: MN

The stories my brothers and I tell around the campfire are hilarious. Between the six of us, there are some crazy adventures. It's a wonder we survived and, have all our fingers and toes. We had paper routes and there was a lot you could get away with at 4:00 AM.

One of my favorites stories to tell. I discovered that a burned up Cox .049 glow plug screwed nice and tightly into an Estes D rocket engine. Don't ask....it's how a young boys mind works. What choice did I have? Glued some fins and a straw to it, packed it with gunpowder, screwed the cap on and....sent it! Now, I'm not stupid. I did take some precautions. Had about 50 ft of wire to the igniter in case it didn't fly straight. Surprisingly, it flew true and exploded in air. What I wasn't prepared for was the BOOM it produced. At that time of day it was LOUD! I high tailed out of there and continued delivering papers. Soon, there were four county sheriffs trying to figure out what happened. They stopped me and asked if I knew anything. Of course I heard it but, played stupid about it's origin. Not sure they believed me. Good thing they didn't look in my paper sack. The battery pack and wire was in it. Lol.

RowdyRay Loc: MN

Great idea. Never thought of that.

We would tie fishing line to pop cans and stick them in mail boxes on opposite sides of the street...and wait. All cars had radio antennas back then. It would hit the line and drag the cans out. Eventually they'd stop, cuss and remove it. We'd be laughing in the bushes and do it again.

dickparkans Loc: Arizona

HAHAHAHAHAHA

john451 Loc: Lady's Island, SC/Columbia, SC

I used it on the floor in front of a heater but didn't use as much as you did. One of the guys that hung out at my dad's gas station was always standing in front of the heater soaking up the heat. He got the message.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Two things:

Flushed an M-80 down the toilet in the boy's bathroom in high school. I walked out and joined my cohorts outside. It went off with a dull thump. That was it??? Then we heard a crash of some sort. Apparently, it blew a toilet off the wall in the girl's room. No one ever figured out who did it.

A cantankerous neighbor kept our football after it bounced in his yard. Sometime after that, we set his swimming pool on fire. We thought it was hilarious to have to call the fire dept. and tell them "our pool is on fire". Again, we were above suspicion.
--Bob

Stu A Loc: Portsmouth, Ohio

usnret Loc: Woodhull Il

Growing up on farm I had access to misc. piles of scrap steel, lumber and tools galore. Armed with all that I was able to put together a makeshift buggy to hitch up to my pony. Lots of time went into the construction process sans any blueprints but with a few helpful hints from dad I managed create my masterpiece. Two old bicycle tires completed the job. After I managed to hitch up the contraption using lots binder twine I jumped on board and gave the pony a switch of the whip. Into the orchard we went. All was well till the left axle hit a steel post holding up the grave vines. Lucky for me; at that point the horse lost interest in pursuing our grand adventure.

Xmsmn Loc: Minnesota

I grew up in the 50’s across the street from a cemetery which provided a tree-lined boulevard on a through street. When none of my friends were around and I was at loose ends (very dangerous as many of the previous posters experienced), I would cross the street to the boulevard and sit there with a baseball bat, innocently waving to cars driving bar. Then I would randomly lay in the grass in a position that looked like I had been hit by a car and just made it to the curb. Was getting away with running as soon as cars stopped until one of the drivers recognized me and threatened to tell my dad. Luckily he didn’t and I was cured of that prank at that moment.

hookedupin2005 Loc: Northwestern New Mexico

Dug holes in the ground, about 10' apart.....Filled them with neighborhood kids, and had bb gun fights. It was a miracle noone was ever hurt....