- I was hanging with one friend one day, I had gotten a brand new Slingshot to play with, complete with ball-bearing ammunition. we took it and fired it at several lego structures, and the ricochets and lego-shrapnel went everywhere.

- At another point in time me and this same friend were working the night shift at our job, and had gotten off at some point around 1am and were waiting for our ride when we got this bright idea to play dodgeball with rolled up balls of aluminum foil as big as your head. we nearly broke a window, and I nearly broke my arm from all the times I jumped out of the way and landed on my side

- Paintball, its a fun game isnt it? When I play paintball, I dont wear my glasses because its very hard to wear them with my helmet so I just leave them... somewhere... anyway, this one kid who wasnt playing got the bright idea to try and follow us and watch our match. He was wearing camo, the opposing team was wearing camo, it was a wooded setting, I was almost blind, So I see movement in the bushes and shoot him about 5 times before I even know he isnt playing... ouch

the overall point is that although I havent done anything stupid enough to get myself killed yet... Keep an Eye Out, you just may see me soon

Submitted on 02/27/2007

Submitted by: Henry
Reference: Personal Account 2/2707

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James said:
Neutral: Personal Account
To be perfectly honest, Henry, nothing you did is really all THAT stupid! In the first case, kids will be kids (ie I made a working crossbow out of an airbrush needle and T Square); in the second, just typical roughhousing. In the third, it was the other kid's fault! Nevertheless, a charming tale which brought back memories! I'll go PA on this!

Chip said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Henry, just typical youngster stories here. But I did get a chuckle. Thanks for sending it.

Graham said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Ahh . . . those were the days! What I wouldn't give to relive these incredible years of doing amazingly stupid things and walking away from them. Mostly. Thanks for the memory, Henry.

Tracy said:
Maybe Toss: Too Common
Thanks, Henry, but there's nothing special there - I think we've all done it! Apart from the third story, which was amusing :-)

Bruce said:
Maybe Toss: Too Common
I agree with Tracy & Grahm. As a kid I did my fair share of stupid things with slingshots, bb guns, etc. as did many of my friends. It seems to be a normal part of growing up. Thanks Henry.

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