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In reply to the discussion: What did you do as a teen/kid that parents today would have a fit if they knew you did it. Mine---sliding down huge [View all]Chainfire
(17,757 posts)Of course most of the eggs remained unfound and unhatched. We used to collect up the rotton ones and have egg wars. You knew you had good ones because you could shake them and tell they were liquid on the inside. Sometimes, if the eggs were old enough, when you gave them the shake test, they would implode, and the smell was something to write home about.
We also used to play tackle football, no gear, anyone from 50 to 250 pounds played, no holds barred, and we played in an active cow pasture, with the eventual happening at least once a game. (Fresh patties) This same field had an electric fence on one side to keep the hogs out. One kid went out for a long pass, forgot where he was and got tangled up in it. Everytime the little red light flashed on at the barn, the kid would scream. (cycling on and off about a second at the time) Everybody was laughing so hard, it took a couple of minutes to get the fence unplugged. Boy was he pissed when he got out of the fence....That has been nearly 55 years, and I bet he hasn't forgiven us yet.
If you have never experienced an electric fence, let me tell you, it hurts like hell. I have heard the old stories, but no one that I knew was stupid to piss on one...
It was really rare in our community that a kid got hurt bad enough to go to the doctor, we must have been tough...
We had no where to go, nothing to do, so we got creative with entertainment.