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every year in grade school, we'd have this thing called "one hundred day". we'd have to bring in 100 of something, and then we'd go around from class to class, looking at all the displays of 100s of things. then there'd be little games, where there would be 3 lots of items, and you'd have to guess which one had 100 in it. the best was the janitor's, because he was so lazy about it (can't blame him, it was a dumb game). he'd put out 3 stacks of paper, but he didn't remove the packaging on any of them...the one that said "100 sheets" was the right one. ahh, mr. dumbkowski, we hardly knew ye
i don't know what prompted me to remember this, but i thought of it anyway. what stuff do you remember?
zorra_chiflada
08-11-2005, 08:14 AM
eating paint :(
Freebasser
08-11-2005, 08:15 AM
I once stripped down to my y-fronts and danced around the playground.
ms.peachy
08-11-2005, 08:19 AM
That episode from the original Star Trek series where the young woman morphs (in the low tech, pre-CGI way) into this horrible looking green monster. Man, that freaked me the fuck out. I had nightmares for days. I remember my mom yelling at my dad for letting me watch it, cuz I was only like 5.
Lindsey_1535
08-11-2005, 09:40 AM
Eating soap.....and enjoying it :(
i used to love to eat play-dough
Lindsey_1535
08-11-2005, 09:53 AM
^it was so salty and good that play-dough
^it was so salty and good that play-dough
no kidding. sometimes it dried out though, and it wasn't so good
JBernas
08-11-2005, 10:12 AM
i used to love to eat play-dough
I used to eat Chap-stick
ms.peachy
08-11-2005, 10:15 AM
I used to eat Chap-stick
Oh man, who didn't? I mean it came in all those nice fruity flavours and all!
cosmo105
08-11-2005, 10:30 AM
so many dumb things.
California Day when we learned how to make dolls out of corn husks and we panned for gold in the sandbox (it was pyrite, what a sham) and made flapjacks and buttermilk.
in 6th grade we mummified chickens. it stunk but it was awesome.
in 3rd grade a worm was drowning in a gutter at school and all these kids were poking it with a stick and it grossed me out.
in 2nd grade this kid brought in his horned toad for show and tell and passed it around for people to touch. i didn't want to pet it but the little asshole next to me shoved it in my face and said something about how they can shoot blood out of their eyes and i cried.
that reminds me of this one time, in grade school again, we were all going out to recess, single file out the door, and there was a praying mantis (connecticut's state insect) hanging upside down from the doorway. nobody wanted to go through, we'd never seen one before (i haven't seen one since), and you aren't allowed to kill them or you go to jail, or so we were told. so finally the teachers shove the first kid in line through the door, and we all start cautiously going through...the bug waits for the most squeamish girl in the line to go under the door and it drops down, right on her damn head. she freaked out, i think she threw up, and the janitor, mr. dumbkowski had to chase the mantis around and scoop it up and take it outside. what a man
cosmo105
08-11-2005, 10:47 AM
this one really bad kid that came from the children's home once jumped up on the teacher's desk, grabbed his dick and cussed her out in her face. in 1st grade. we were all so stunned. we didn't even know what half the words he used actually meant.
adam_f
08-11-2005, 10:47 AM
Watching Die Hard and laughing hysterically when John McClane says 'JESUS CHRIST LADY! DOES IT SOUND LIKE I'M ORDERING A PIZZA!'
Hearing 'King of Rock' and trying to figure out who was Run and who was DMC.
Watching the Steelers continuously get Pittsburgh's hopes up by making it to the AFC Championship, and then losing.
JBernas
08-11-2005, 11:09 AM
The more I read this, the more things come to mind.....3rd grade I was out on the playground for recess. I thought there was a leaf in my hair so I went to brush it out and it was a bee. I screamed and pulled my hand back to see the stinger sticking out of the tip of my ring finger with a string of slime attached to it. I went screaming to the nurse and my finger swelled and throbbed so bad for the next hour or so that she sent me home....
Nuzzolese
08-11-2005, 11:17 AM
that reminds me of this one time, in grade school again, we were all going out to recess, single file out the door, and there was a praying mantis (connecticut's state insect) hanging upside down from the doorway. nobody wanted to go through, we'd never seen one before (i haven't seen one since), and you aren't allowed to kill them or you go to jail, or so we were told. so finally the teachers shove the first kid in line through the door, and we all start cautiously going through...the bug waits for the most squeamish girl in the line to go under the door and it drops down, right on her damn head. she freaked out, i think she threw up, and the janitor, mr. dumbkowski had to chase the mantis around and scoop it up and take it outside. what a man
Oh man that was awesome. I'm crying a little bit from this. I'd like to say that a little pee came out but, no such luck, I'm bone dry.
bigblu89
08-11-2005, 11:19 AM
When i was in 6th grade and we were playing softball on the blacktop of the school's parking lot. I hit a home run. I was told by my gym teacher that I was the first kid to ever hit it out of the parking lot.
When I go by there now, it makes me laugh, because the field we played on is so small, I could probably piss further than I hit the ball that day.
Oh man that was awesome. I'm crying a little bit from this. I'd like to say that a little pee came out but, no such luck, I'm bone dry.
that's ok, i'd hate to be responsible for someone wetting their pants. it's so annoying when that happens. it makes everything so awkward.
i have more stories about mr. dumbkowski if anyone is interested
TurdBerglar
08-11-2005, 11:40 AM
When i was in 6th grade and we were playing softball on the blacktop of the school's parking lot. I hit a home run. I was told by my gym teacher that I was the first kid to ever hit it out of the parking lot.
When I go by there now, it makes me laugh, because the field we played on is so small, I could probably piss further than I hit the ball that day.
in grammar school we use to play kickball all the time and there was this one big kid that would always knock the fuckn' ball out of the schoolyard and into the surrounding homes. we use to scramble and squable with on another so we'd end up on his team
Ferdinand_2
08-11-2005, 12:23 PM
I remember my first day of School.All the kids go to their house but Im alone.My mother go late to the school & I say to the Director.
"Ok,Im gone alone" :confused:
Yorkshire~Rose
08-11-2005, 12:36 PM
I wouldn't call it stupid, but i still remember the little prayer we used to say in infant school after we had put our chairs on our desks (upside down - it helped the cleaners y'know) before hometime.
*clears throat*
Lord, keep us safe this night
Secure from all our fears
May angels guard us while we sleep
'Til morning light appears
Amen
I'm not sure if it's really common but i used to like say it even though i'm not particularly religious - it's always stuck with me. :o
TurdBerglar
08-11-2005, 12:38 PM
saying that would scare the fuck out of me. make me thing that there's actually things out there to get me
ms.peachy
08-11-2005, 03:24 PM
this one really bad kid that came from the children's home once jumped up on the teacher's desk, grabbed his dick and cussed her out in her face. in 1st grade. we were all so stunned. we didn't even know what half the words he used actually meant.
That story makes me really sad. Imagine what that kid must have been through in his little life to act out like that in the 1st grade. :(
Lindsey_1535
08-11-2005, 03:28 PM
OUr class that a thing with Rebot. And a way to protect yourself form germs with to "rebot" yourself like on the show!! It was awesome. You even could rebot your desk just incase they touched your desk.
Trimm Trabb
08-11-2005, 04:34 PM
I remember the christmas party at school when I was about 5.
Every kid had to bring some food, so we could all try new stuff and decide what we wanted. And as I am from Rotterdam and there are about a gabillion nationalities there I had some interesting things to eat. Like Couscous with cinnamon thingies, and very spicy curry.
My mum (being the only dutch mum there) could've brought chips,chicken and applesauce, but she made chili con carne instead. And all the kids loved it. I felt so cool that my mum was the best cook.
CrankItUp!
08-11-2005, 05:22 PM
A constant reocurring nightmare about suddenly being barefoot in school ( no socks or shoes ! ) and having ALL the teachers and kids ridiculing me ! I had so many panic attacks from that nightmare - that I often slept with my socks and shoes on so that I wouldn't forget them ! And of course , always being terrified that I got on the wrong number school bus home . Because on the very first day of school , the older "mean Kids" would tell me that I've gotten on the wrong bus and that I would get stranded far across city - away from where I lived ! That terrified the shit out of me so bad - that I'd fucking bawl out crying , only to have the bus driver tell me that I WAS on the right bus !That made them laugh even fucking more ! :(
Trimm Trabb
08-11-2005, 05:26 PM
I had a dream when I was really little and I've always remembered it.
I dreamed that there was a magician and he could do all kinds of cool tricks with his magic wand, and when he went away I tried to do some stuff with it, but then accidentally turned my parents and sister into huge chickens with purple dots. And the magician tried and tried to get them back to normal but he couldn't. I was so upset when I woke up and felt disturbed about it for the rest of the day.
CrankItUp!
08-11-2005, 05:54 PM
i used to love to eat play-dough
At least that's not as gross as eating your boogers ! I remember a kid that did and it made me actually throw up on him once ! In the principal's office , I just told Mrs. Whittaker that I got a weak stomach and that evidently the other gross kid's mother didn't feed him enough at home ! Afterwards of walking out - back to class , he tried to force me to eat one of his own fucking boogers ! I kneed the fucker in his nuts hard and got suspended for three days . After my father found out - when he got home from work , I got whipped with a belt ( pants down on the bare ass ! ) and had to go to the boy's house and actually apologize to him and his parents ! The situation was terrible - but it isn't as bad of a memory as having to eat a fucking booger would have been !
ericlee
08-14-2005, 02:04 AM
I used to have this stretchy Hulk toy made from rubber. Well, one day while stretching it too far, I managed to tear a little hole in it and it leaked some kind of jelly. It looked just like Smuckers so I tasted a little and I swear it was actually strawberry jelly.
I liked the flavor so much that I ended up eating all of the jelly that filled up the left arm so I was stuck playing with a hulk with a limp arm afterwards.
when i was in 3rd or 4th grade, my friend tabitha had a dream that a bloody hand came out of the toilet at school, so we were all scared to go to the bathroom and none of us would use it.
this sucked hard in the winter, because i'd almost pee my pants trying to get my snowmobile suit and all those fucking layers of clothes off after the long busride home. (we lived in IL until i was 12)
paul jones
08-14-2005, 10:19 AM
knock down ginger and garden hopping
thank fuck the ZX spectrum and Commodore 64 were just around the corner
i wonder if knock down ginger is at all like kiss em, ditch em.
when we were in kindergarten, we'd play kiss em, ditch em. the girls would run from the boys, they would catch us, kiss us, then throw us down on the ground. then we'd get back up and start running again.
voltanapricot
08-14-2005, 12:29 PM
In primary school there was this legend that this big hunky oak tree was haunted. The story was that a caretaker was getting a football down from the branches and fell to his death. When he fell, three nails appeared. There were actually nails there though. Everytime anyone would play dares the first thing said was "I dare you to TAKE OUT THE NAILS!" because we used to say that when you did, the caretaker would grab you and take you down to the ground where he lay.
We used to get carried away with that. :o
paul jones
08-14-2005, 01:08 PM
i wonder if knock down ginger is at all like kiss em, ditch em.
when we were in kindergarten, we'd play kiss em, ditch em. the girls would run from the boys, they would catch us, kiss us, then throw us down on the ground. then we'd get back up and start running again.
nah,that kissing game we used to call 'Kiss Chase'
Knock Down Ginger is basically going to some house,ringing the doorbell and running away
cerveza
08-14-2005, 01:56 PM
pee wees playhouse
CrankItUp!
08-14-2005, 05:22 PM
the cooties - I still have em. :)
JBernas
08-15-2005, 07:32 AM
At least that's not as gross as eating your boogers !
We had this retarded kid in my 3rd grade class that used to eat his boogers. We had an ice cream party one time and he blew his nose in his plastic spoon and ate it....I'll never forget seeing that....*puke*
voltanapricot
08-15-2005, 07:34 AM
Did anyone play British Bulldog at school? That was eventually banned because it could get so violent.
zorra_chiflada
08-15-2005, 07:36 AM
Did anyone play British Bulldog at school? That was eventually banned because it could get so violent.
yeah, we did.
Rancid_Beasties
08-15-2005, 07:37 AM
Did anyone play British Bulldog at school? That was eventually banned because it could get so violent.
Yep, and 40 40 (aka bass tiggy) was also banned cos people were running into walls and tackling people too often.
voltanapricot
08-15-2005, 07:38 AM
Yeah, we used to rugby tackle people onto the concrete, I can't believe we ever found that sort of thing fun. :/
Rancid_Beasties
08-15-2005, 07:40 AM
Yeah, we used to rugby tackle people onto the concrete, I can't believe we ever found that sort of thing fun. :/
Yeah, playing full contact AFL on concrete/ashphalt is not a good idea (!)
Victor Baron
08-15-2005, 11:54 AM
...and we panned for gold in the sandbox (it was pyrite, what a sham) and made flapjacks and buttermilk.
That reminds me of when we would do pretty much the same thing. We would make "Indian Fry Bread" though. Panning was pretty fun too :)
Nuzzolese
08-15-2005, 11:56 AM
That reminds me of when we would do pretty much the same thing. We would make "Indian Fry Bread" though. Panning was pretty fun too :)
We made apple butter
beastieangel01
08-15-2005, 12:00 PM
I remember this really sweet old lady that lived next-door when I was living in San Jose, CA (I was 4 or 5 years old) named Claire. She would let me come over to her house, and once she was sorting some clothes and I saw her multi-colored scarf collection and LOVED them. At one point, we turned on/winded up a music box she had in her living room. I then would dance around like a ballerina with a scarf in each hand to the song. She would smile and clap for me once the song ended.
She passed away, and I was given that music box.
That's always been one of my warmest and most vivid memories from being a kid.
instigator7022
08-15-2005, 01:20 PM
every year in grade school, we'd have this thing called "one hundred day". we'd have to bring in 100 of something, and then we'd go around from class to class, looking at all the displays of 100s of things. then there'd be little games, where there would be 3 lots of items, and you'd have to guess which one had 100 in it. the best was the janitor's, because he was so lazy about it (can't blame him, it was a dumb game). he'd put out 3 stacks of paper, but he didn't remove the packaging on any of them...the one that said "100 sheets" was the right one. ahh, mr. dumbkowski, we hardly knew ye
i don't know what prompted me to remember this, but i thought of it anyway. what stuff do you remember?
we definitely did this at my school too. I did 100 flowers in a basket
instigator7022
08-15-2005, 01:35 PM
and just now i remembered another thing. In 1st grade we had a huge "thanksgiving feast" in the cafeteria where the whole school dressed up in paper pilgrim hats. THere were a lot of parents there helping us get our food because it was in serving bowls on the tables and also parents handing out drinks. I must have been either really thristy or trying to show off but i kept asking for more and more water and drinking it really quickly. right at the end of the feast we were standing in line waiting to go back to our classrooms where out of nowhere i threw up all over the girl in front of me who happened to be my best friend. then i went to the nurse and as i was throwing up my hat fell into the toilet. it was sad.
and also almost every single day of kindergarten i threw up on the bus on the way to school. The nurse knew me by name.
nah,that kissing game we used to call 'Kiss Chase'
Knock Down Ginger is basically going to some house,ringing the doorbell and running away
we never called it kiss chase, but we should have because the guy that all the girls wanted kiss happened to be named chase, i shit you not. it was only ever him that got chased, too. i always wondered when it was going to be my turn, but it never was...only now do i understand why
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