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Subject: When I was a child I...

Written By: SmithsGirl on 04/26/04 at 4:45 pm

crawled into the fire place and ate ashes

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: MLB on 04/26/04 at 5:20 pm

  leaned into my sister's crib and slapped her, because she was the new baby and I was 1 1/2 and jealous.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/26/04 at 6:02 pm

...I had to walk 8 miles in 6 feet of snow-up hill BOTH WAYS to get to school.  ;D




Cat

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Marian on 04/26/04 at 7:50 pm

;D.....I played in houses under construction.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 04/26/04 at 7:52 pm

I had something sprayed into my eyes. (Luckily I only needed glasses.)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: SmithsGirl on 04/26/04 at 9:09 pm

When I was a child I didn't want to eat my Shreddies cereal because it was soggy. My dad insisted I was not to leave the table until I ate it. 1 hour and no patience later I opened the sliding door, ran to the end of the backyard, tossed it over the fence, ran back, sat down and yelled "Finished"!




SmithsGirl

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Vapor Trails on 04/26/04 at 9:34 pm

...at the age of 3 I got out of my bed, punched my bro in the nose (it was bleeding) and locked the door so my parents couldn't get in.

...ate half a caterpillar.

P.S. Love your story Smithsgirl, clever for a child!

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: AL-B on 04/26/04 at 9:41 pm

...didn't have to wear a helmet every time I went outside :o :o :o

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 04/26/04 at 10:29 pm

tried to avoid the other kids.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 04/26/04 at 11:18 pm

Screamed at people a lot because they annoyed me.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Meriadoc on 04/26/04 at 11:21 pm

.....couldn't figure out why the basement windows were up really high when standing in the basement, and were down really low when standing outside looking at them... ::)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 04/26/04 at 11:25 pm

..Slept three hours a night for about six years.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 04/27/04 at 11:56 am

Had chicken pox with my sister.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 04/27/04 at 12:23 pm

When I was a child, I thought that I would live in Canada and eat strawberries for the rest of my life.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/27/04 at 12:31 pm

Made my stage debut at age 3





Cat

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 04/27/04 at 12:48 pm

..thought I would be the world's greatest soccer player.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 04/27/04 at 1:28 pm

I wanted to be a rich and famous movie star.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 04/27/04 at 1:29 pm

..counted up to ten thousand on cold winter's night.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 04/27/04 at 2:37 pm

didn't sleep that much at night because I slept after school sometimes.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: MLB on 04/27/04 at 7:16 pm

tripped over a chair, fell forward, lost half of a tooth (#8,in the front on the right), screamed, yelled, cried & created an all-round "scene" in my 5th grade classroom.  :'(
   
  Do you think I was embarrassed to go back to school the next day?? 
      Appearance and your peers are everything when you're 12!  But on the other hand, everybody loves sympathy...which was better than the teasing and barking I usually got!!  ;)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Marian on 04/27/04 at 8:14 pm

:onever toilet papered anyone's house!

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Meriadoc on 04/27/04 at 9:12 pm

...had a bug cemetery, with little tombstones and a little fence...

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Peregrin on 04/27/04 at 9:13 pm

took a bite out of a bar of soap....ONCE !  :(

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Meriadoc on 04/27/04 at 9:16 pm

...accidentally got my next door neighbor stuck in her bathroom because the door stuck and she told me never to push it shut all the way.... ::)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: AL-B on 04/27/04 at 9:19 pm

...was scared because my older brothers always threatened to flush me down the "American Standard..." :o :o :o

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Meriadoc on 04/27/04 at 9:24 pm

.....covered my eyes when walking from the house to the back yard so I wouldn't see the cars on the street, 'cus my parents told me they could kill me... :o

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 04/27/04 at 10:40 pm

Ate the little red light bulb that came with my sister's Operation game.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Marian on 04/28/04 at 2:02 pm

;Dhad Choco-lite bars

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: resinchaser on 04/28/04 at 2:11 pm

drank a whole bottle of cough syrup. Spent three days in a coma.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 04/28/04 at 2:16 pm

During my bairnhood I... had incredibly large handwriting.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Marian on 04/28/04 at 2:29 pm

:o...couldn't tell time until I was in the third grade.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: NullandVoid on 04/28/04 at 2:30 pm

Knocked down a 7ft pyramid of pepsi cans in a supermarket. You should have seen and heard the mess. can's rolling, hissing and spraying anyone within a five feet radius with soda. ;D

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 04/28/04 at 2:31 pm

..owned a watch which kept time accurate to 10 seconds for 11 years.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: CatwomanofV on 04/28/04 at 4:31 pm


:o...couldn't tell time until I was in the third grade.


...Couldn't tell time until I was in the FIFTH grade.  :o :-[




Cat

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Marian on 04/28/04 at 8:03 pm



:o...couldn't tell time until I was in the third grade.


...Couldn't tell time until I was in the FIFTH grade.  :o :-[



..I knew the hours but not the minutes.When we started multiplication it got easy,though!Cheers!
Cat

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 04/29/04 at 1:26 am

Believed in rainbows at the end of tunnels.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Ice_Princess on 04/29/04 at 1:49 am

...ate grass, tried to kill bees, played with redback spiders and... eventually moved house.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Ripp on 05/08/04 at 5:24 pm

1. Looked out at the snow for the first time. it was illuminated by the orange street lights so I yelled "Popcorn!" (remember, I was young and lived in england)

2. Never understood how fire was produced until I was rubbing two rough surfaces together (namely my rough teddy-doll thing and a twig) and set my chair ablaze.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/08/04 at 6:43 pm

I got stung by a bee a few inches from my forehead when I tried to swipe it. :-[

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Lanie on 05/08/04 at 8:27 pm

loved getting up early to watch cartoons such as Looney Tunes,Smurfs,etc.  :)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/08/04 at 11:08 pm

I got $2.00 allowance for dumping trash.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/08/04 at 11:35 pm

..always imagined myself and my situation in ten years time.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/09/04 at 1:37 am

...repeatly got kick out of class for throwing childish tantrums.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 1:38 am

When I were a wee bairn, I cut myself on jagged rocks and had to go to the hospitalé.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/09/04 at 1:46 am

I saw a young girl chew bubble gum without paying for it (my sister had to pay since she was babysitting the brat).

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 1:47 am

..made friends and acquaintances pay for everything when I was buying stuff, because I was a meany.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/09/04 at 1:54 am

..was given boxing gloves on my birthday, and made the mistake of letting my friends "play" with them.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 2:01 am

..thought "That's The Way (I Like It)" was the greatest song in the whole world. How dang right I was!

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/09/04 at 2:04 am

wondered why anyone thought "Afternoon Delight" was a good song.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 2:09 am

(Starland Vocal Band?)

..Wondered whether the guy who invented Kellogg's cereal lived on a plantation of corn or something..

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Fred on 05/09/04 at 2:14 am

Head-butted some kid who was 3 or 4 years older and bigger than me, for punching my friend in the face.  ;)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 2:15 am

..punched nobody in the face, given the smallness and puniness of my hands.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/09/04 at 2:16 am

saw my sister get punch in the face by the boy whose hair she was pulling. :-[

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 2:18 am

..thought the toaster was very clever and knew exactly how to work. How wrong I was.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Fred on 05/09/04 at 2:20 am

Punched some kid in the face (the brim of his baseball cap bent into his face) because of an argument over what "childhood game" to play (tag or something  ???).  :D

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 2:22 am

..didn't know that the words manticore, etaerio, andesite, hubris, or sussurus existed.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Fred on 05/09/04 at 2:24 am

Didn't know the word "sharing" existed.  ;)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 2:26 am

;)

..probably had a million different diseases which weren't discovered until the doctors found them in me.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Fred on 05/09/04 at 2:27 am

Had a baseball thrown at my face, knocking out some of my teeth.  :P

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 2:30 am

..respected my elders... sometimes.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Fred on 05/09/04 at 2:31 am

Got scared from watching the Terminator 1 & 2.  ::)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 2:33 am

..considered running away from school several times.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/09/04 at 2:34 am

read a comic book called "Millie the Model", which inspired me to say this stupid prose to all my dad's family:

"Uhh, uhh
Uhh, guh, guh
Mustashio, mustashio
I love you."

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 2:36 am

..didn't learn how to speak Spanish, much to my annoyance.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/09/04 at 2:38 am

...got pinched in the finger by the folding closet door.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 2:43 am

..knew a magical world beyond the future.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/09/04 at 2:48 am

Had a blue teddy bear which I ripped the plastic eyes out of.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 2:52 am

..knew a man who was like, a million feet tall.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/09/04 at 2:54 am

saw a TV movie in 1976 called "Death Scream", which messed up my mind. :-\\

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 2:55 am

..watched one horror movie which scared the heck out of me, and didn't see any others for at least 10 years.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/09/04 at 3:09 am

our family still owned a black and white television and a stereo console with turntable.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: jaytee on 05/09/04 at 8:46 am

cut ONE of my little sister's pigtails off.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 8:59 am

..probably caused myself no end of injuries by jumping down the stairs.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: RockandRollFan on 05/09/04 at 9:52 am

Never wanted to grow up...still don't :-\\

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 9:56 am

..ate continuously, never wishing to give up.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: RockandRollFan on 05/09/04 at 9:58 am

rode a bycycle more than I do now!

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 9:59 am

..typed with my eyes closed most of the time as I was so tired.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: RockandRollFan on 05/09/04 at 10:29 am

Loved coming home to have Ham & Cheese sandwiches and watch the Flinstones  :)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/09/04 at 10:38 am

Blocked up Scrabble boards less often.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Lanie on 05/11/04 at 3:50 pm

ate ketchup sandwiches.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/11/04 at 4:41 pm

I accidentally knocked over part of a cabinet when I threw a book at its direction.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: scarletgail on 05/12/04 at 12:31 am

I was 2 and my mom found me dunking crackers in the toliet and eating them :-\\ ew

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/12/04 at 1:00 am

..never went on the Internet, and yet, never realized what I was missing.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Lanie on 05/21/04 at 11:45 pm

was afraid of my best friend's neighbor's dogs.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/22/04 at 3:15 pm

was attacked by a chained German Shepherd.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/22/04 at 3:18 pm

..was attacked by myself while running toward a mirror.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/22/04 at 3:29 pm

went to a botanical garden in Frankfurt, Germany.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/22/04 at 3:48 pm

..thought inanimate objects were scared of death.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/22/04 at 3:51 pm

saw some boys buring an insect alive with their magnifying glass.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/22/04 at 3:52 pm

..Recovered from partial deafness.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/22/04 at 3:56 pm

recovered from a stove burn on my left cheek (face).

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/22/04 at 3:58 pm

Ouch! That must be painful!

..really wanted to play some kind of musical instrument.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: zac on 05/22/04 at 4:01 pm

....don't think the internet existed.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/22/04 at 4:02 pm

..was enthralled by strange and fantastic properties of numbers.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: zac on 05/22/04 at 4:11 pm

....was younger.    :D

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/22/04 at 4:14 pm

..scraped my knee on the pavement on the second day of living in my new house, when going skatin'.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: zac on 05/22/04 at 4:16 pm


..scraped my knee on the pavement on the second day of living in my new house, when going skatin'.  ouch

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/22/04 at 4:18 pm

Twas ueber painful!

..rode on the same bicycle for years because it never outgrew me.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/22/04 at 4:31 pm

Funny, I don't even remember crying. :-\\
...I hated all sports until 1977.

Ouch! That must be painful!

..really wanted to play some kind of musical instrument.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Lanie on 05/22/04 at 11:28 pm

was bitten by a pitbull.  :-\\

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 05/22/04 at 11:30 pm

..was a big fan of Neil Young (and for some reason loved "That's The Way (I Like It)" by KC and the Sunshine Band..

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Lanie on 06/06/04 at 7:56 pm

....would daydream.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/06/04 at 10:07 pm

use to cry whenever some other kid got spanked.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Lanie on 06/14/04 at 7:14 pm

was very clumsy. :P

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 06/14/04 at 11:14 pm

..ate my way through innumerable cupboards. (The wood finish didn't taste all so good)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: ktelqueen on 07/02/04 at 12:50 am

when i was a child(like 3 years old)i would sit on the floor in my livingroom with my ear pressed against the speaker of our old fashioned (chest-like)stereo singing along with our records

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 07/13/04 at 5:24 pm

I had to resist laughing at my grandfather's funeral (my sis wanted to laugh too) when a choir full of elderly people sang and the elderly pastor wheezed between words at the sermon. 

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Marian on 07/13/04 at 8:42 pm

;Dyou could get a candy bar for 15 cents!

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 07/16/04 at 6:58 pm

You could return glass soda bottles for a 10 cent (or more) deposit.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: RockandRollFan on 07/16/04 at 10:59 pm

Soda Pop was made with cane sugar

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 07/17/04 at 2:55 pm

had to endure mocks and insults from other kids for my Asian looks.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: jaytee on 07/23/04 at 5:18 am


had to endure mocks and insults from other kids for my Asian looks.


Are you Asian??  I must have been living under a rock ::)  or is this the first time you've mentioned the fact?  Send me a pic  :)  I'd love to put a face to the name :) 

When I was a child ... I used to think you had to love your relatives ... just because they were your relatives ::)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 07/24/04 at 2:24 pm

I sent you a photo already, but I'll send you the same photo, since it's the only one I have. :-


Are you Asian??  I must have been living under a rock ::)  or is this the first time you've mentioned the fact?   Send me a pic  :)  I'd love to put a face to the name :) 

When I was a child ... I used to think you had to love your relatives ... just because they were your relatives ::)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Tanya1976 on 08/02/04 at 3:21 pm

I thought adulthood would be fun

Tanya

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 08/02/04 at 3:24 pm

..had better eyesight.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Ripp on 08/04/04 at 10:54 am

...didn't realise chocolate was so messy.  :P ;D

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/04/04 at 11:01 am

When I was a child, I imagined myself as a grown-up actor.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 08/05/04 at 12:14 am

When I was a child, I thought that life would be easy.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/05/04 at 11:15 am

When I was a child, I could travel in time to save my girlfr..(Ooops, still have that movie Butterfly Effect on my mind. ::))

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Tanya1976 on 08/09/04 at 1:07 am

...could actually be a child.

Tanya

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 08/09/04 at 1:09 am

..could be childish and get away with things. Now, I have to make out that I'm being childlike.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Tanya1976 on 08/09/04 at 1:10 am

.....actually got chicken mcnuggets in a styrofoam carton

Tanya

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 08/09/04 at 1:14 am

..was conceited, whereas now I'm merely perfect.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Whisper on 08/23/04 at 4:31 pm

was very shy.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 08/24/04 at 1:44 am

..didn't know all that much.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Tanya1976 on 08/24/04 at 12:28 pm

...was innocent

Tanya

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 08/24/04 at 1:43 pm

..wished I could steeplechase.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: MLB on 10/11/04 at 6:07 pm

  got scared by an 8 foot costume of "Granny Goose" who had a little basket of chips (crisps--Euro Ed.) and I hid my face in my mother's blouse and wouldn't look at this lady in a bird costume long enough to take her sample packet of chips.  I was in the shopping cart and saw it come at me. The bird costume came up behind my mother so she didn't know what my problem was when I started whining and crying.  I was 2-2 1/2 and don't remember it but I am sure I made quite a noise.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: RockandRollFan on 10/11/04 at 10:18 pm

was as unsure of what I wanted to do with my life as I am today :-\\

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 10/11/04 at 11:22 pm

..lived in a house two hundred miles away which I now visit on a weekly basis.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: ktelqueen on 10/11/04 at 11:47 pm

When I was a child i would fall asleep at night with my ear against my transistor radio

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 10/11/04 at 11:50 pm

..listened to too much music and probably injured myself dancing around.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: ktelqueen on 10/11/04 at 11:55 pm

...was very outgoing(still am  :))

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 10/11/04 at 11:58 pm

..didn't know much at all.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: ktelqueen on 10/12/04 at 12:02 am

...clung to every French word i learned(from my pre-school love of Sesame Street)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 10/12/04 at 12:05 am

..understood French better than I do now! (And had the mental capacity for it..!)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: ktelqueen on 10/12/04 at 12:07 am

..had really bad pictures on my wall(scott baio,tony danza,jeff conway... :P)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 10/12/04 at 12:08 am

..ripped pictures off my sister's walls in fits of muchos anger.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: ktelqueen on 10/12/04 at 12:31 am

...mocked my sister's Wayne Gretzky mobile  ::)(yes,she made it)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobo on 10/12/04 at 12:33 am

..thought far too much.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 10/12/04 at 11:42 pm

took up tae kwan do for one summer.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: ktelqueen on 10/12/04 at 11:44 pm

...took tennis lessons for one summer

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 10/13/04 at 12:07 am

hated girls. (Didn't every boy at one point? :-\\)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: ktelqueen on 10/13/04 at 12:13 am

...loved boys(don't remember ever hating them  :D)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 10/13/04 at 12:18 am

was stuck with the noisiest classrooms. >:(

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: ktelqueen on 10/13/04 at 12:20 am

...spent my allowance on 45's

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 10/13/04 at 12:23 am

spent what little allowance I had on trivial stuff.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Ripp on 10/29/04 at 9:27 am

...got caught trespassing into my next door neighbour's to be closer to my two-doors-away friends. :-[  :-\\

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 10/29/04 at 10:19 am

...had to see a child psychologist.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/05 at 1:39 am

...was of a younger age.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 01/07/05 at 7:48 am

...didn't get along with children that much.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/05 at 2:41 am

...went to school,

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 01/20/05 at 2:40 pm

had a bad temper due to constipation.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Tam on 02/27/05 at 2:16 am


had a bad temper due to constipation.

I'm sorry to hear that!  :-[

.. I climb into the veranda but couldnt get out. The fire department had to come free me!!

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 02/27/05 at 2:18 am

Thanks, Tam. ;)

I got stuck on a side of a cliff in Fort Hood, Texas.


I'm sorry to hear that!  :-[

.. I climb into the veranda but couldnt get out. The fire department had to come free me!!

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: ktelqueen on 02/27/05 at 2:19 am

...LOVED music(some things never change  :D)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Tam on 02/27/05 at 2:19 am


Thanks, Tam. ;)

I got stuck on a side of a cliff in Fort Hood, Texas.


Whereabouts?

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 06/01/05 at 2:31 pm

Loved looking into puddles.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/05 at 2:37 pm

...spoke like a child and played with children things..

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 06/01/05 at 3:58 pm


Loved looking into puddles.


..then dreaming I could swim underneath them?

shakes head

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/05 at 3:59 pm


Loved looking into puddles.
Not splashing around in puddles?

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: GoodRedShirt on 06/02/05 at 7:27 am

...Ate worms...  :D ;D :o ::)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/02/05 at 8:46 am

...imagined my closer classmates as celebrities.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/05 at 2:50 am


...Ate worms...  :D ;D :o ::)
Ugh!

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: GoodRedShirt on 06/03/05 at 2:55 am


Ugh!
LOL!

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: NullandVoid on 06/03/05 at 2:55 am

...Slapped this Kid just because he reminded me of Michael J Fox

Don't ask

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 06/03/05 at 8:39 am

.....used to cross my arms and say, "I hate everybody"




Erin :)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobby on 06/03/05 at 8:40 am

. . . used to draw cartoon characters for the kids in my class.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 06/03/05 at 8:41 am

sucked my thumb



Erin :)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Climber on 06/04/05 at 1:17 am

...had a yellow ten-speed bike with no brakes.  I know I wore out at least 1 pair of shoes!  ;D

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 06/04/05 at 10:27 am

..mine was a Raleigh Chopper ;D ;D

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Alchoholica on 06/04/05 at 12:12 pm

.. used to throw everything possible over the hedge just so i'd get to use the Garage Door Opener (our Garage was at the bottom of the Garden because we lived on the corner of two streets)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Dumb Ass Kid on 06/04/05 at 6:02 pm

...apparently had to get seperated from my classmates back in infants school because I was 'very disruptive' and I also (according to my mam) stabbed another kid with a pencil, but I can't remember ever doing that...  ???

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 06/04/05 at 8:23 pm

used to eat erasers



Erin :)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Alchoholica on 06/04/05 at 8:43 pm


used to eat erasers


mmmmm.. eraser.

I used to put Glue all over my fingers.. let it dry and then eat it. I think that's fairly common though.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: GoodRedShirt on 06/04/05 at 8:49 pm


mmmmm.. eraser.

I used to put Glue all over my fingers.. let it dry and then eat it. I think that's fairly common though.
Can't be as nice as eating worms?

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/04/05 at 9:00 pm

...was grossed out by this kid who kept spitting out his pudding for fun. :P

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 06/04/05 at 11:49 pm


mmmmm.. eraser.

I used to put Glue all over my fingers.. let it dry and then eat it. I think that's fairly common though.




ya that was pretty common in elementary school....that and eating Elmer's paste....mmmm boy! :P



Erin :)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/04/05 at 11:59 pm

...watched boys squirming to avoid sitting in the green chair at lunch.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Alchoholica on 06/05/05 at 6:49 pm


...watched boys squirming to avoid sitting in the green chair at lunch.


...Used to fight with the kids in the lunchline so i wouldn't get 'The Pink Lunch Tray'  ;D

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/05/05 at 7:36 pm

...had a crush on a few of my teachers. (This was still during the miniskirt era.) 

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: NullandVoid on 06/06/05 at 4:31 pm

Fell in the narrow space between the train door and the platform. I was saved just as the train was about to take off. My mom and an old guy yanked me up as another woman ran screaming for the conductor not to pull off. That was sooo bad. :(

I still look down and step into trains very slowly to this day.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 06/06/05 at 10:15 pm

....used to have straight hair




Erin :)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Alchoholica on 06/07/05 at 1:34 pm

..Used to be Blonde.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/10/05 at 10:11 pm

...had hairspray sprayed in my eyes.  :( 8)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/05 at 8:22 am

...ate home-made Steak and Kidney Pudding.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 06/11/05 at 8:23 pm

had a nifty clubhouse



Erin :)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/05 at 4:13 am

...went to school.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/12/05 at 9:41 pm

...told everyone I was going to be a rich and famous movie star.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Dumb Ass Kid on 06/14/05 at 7:12 pm

...hated my teachers (and I still do)  >:(

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/16/05 at 7:00 pm

...got yelled at for throwing-up in my dad's car. :-[

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/05 at 2:14 am


...hated my teachers (and I still do)  >:(
Probably my teachers are in a different place now.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/17/05 at 10:45 am

...liked some teachers and hated others, but learned something from all of them. ;)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/05 at 2:58 pm

...never had hay fever like I do now.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/18/05 at 9:41 pm

Sorry to hear that, Philip.;(  Hope you feel better (but that may explains how you guessed I was 25. ;D)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/19/05 at 6:25 am


Sorry to hear that, Philip.;(  Hope you feel better (but that may explains how you guessed I was 25. ;D)
Hay Fever first hit me when I was 26.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/19/05 at 11:52 am

...had chicken pox.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/19/05 at 1:14 pm


...had chicken pox.
I have all three, Mumps, Measles and Chicken Pox.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/21/05 at 11:01 am

...had the same average on my bowling score that I do now (45). (or at least didn't improve much on.)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 06/21/05 at 12:22 pm

.....accidently shoved my hand through a glass window and had to have numerous stitches.




Erin :)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/21/05 at 1:21 pm

...had only one birthday celebration with a large number of attendees.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/06 at 8:58 am

...listen to the same pop songs as I do now.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Trimac20 on 04/22/06 at 9:12 am

...did a wee wee in my pants in class  ;D

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Trimac20 on 04/26/06 at 6:41 am

was the teacher's pet

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 04/26/06 at 6:52 am

....used to ride my bike nearly everyday in the summer.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/06 at 8:54 am

...spoke as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child; but when I became a man I put away childish things.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Abix on 04/26/06 at 10:59 am

I had buckteeth.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 05/04/06 at 11:32 pm

....nearly drowned.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobby on 05/05/06 at 6:34 am


..always imagined myself and my situation in ten years time.


Wow! I did that too.

. . . wanted to be an artist.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 05/05/06 at 6:36 am

.....had very straight hair (until I hit puberty).

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobby on 05/05/06 at 6:40 am

It was teenage angst that gave you clenched hair, right?  ;D

. . . had an operation to correct an eye defect.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 05/05/06 at 6:42 am


It was teenage angst that gave you clenched hair, right?  ;D

. . . had an operation to correct an eye defect.



yes, you could say that! ;) ;D



.....had my adenoids removed, and tubes placed in my ears for a year (due to me having horrible earaches all the time)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Bobby on 05/05/06 at 6:44 am

Heh heh.

. . . used to dig in the garden with a fork, hoping to find an underground world . . . Needless to say I didn't find it.  ::) ;D

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: KKay on 05/05/06 at 9:51 am

set primitive traps for my grandmother's cats

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: retrolady on 05/05/06 at 10:52 am

Cut my head open twice in the space of a month

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Ripley on 11/07/15 at 10:06 am

Got my ankle burnt by firecrackers

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/07/15 at 9:33 pm

...had half my face burned on an oven (Don't ask.)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/15 at 1:57 am

..life was better

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/27/15 at 2:53 pm

...picked on from family and classmates.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/15 at 6:52 am

..never thought it would come to this.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 12/02/15 at 6:26 pm

... wanted to be a rich and famous movie star.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: annimal on 12/02/15 at 7:45 pm

loved watching Blazing Saddles

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/16 at 7:40 am


loved watching Blazing Saddles
I love that film too, but do not have the DVD yet.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: annimal on 11/10/16 at 10:45 am

Watched Muppet Babies every morning

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/11/16 at 1:55 pm

...watched reruns of "The Brady Bunch", " Gilligan's Island" and "Get Smart" (but who didn't?)

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/16 at 2:47 pm

...watched "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.".  :\'(

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/11/16 at 6:30 pm

...watched Robert Vaughn's other series "The Protectors".

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/16 at 4:53 am


...watched "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.".  :\'(

...watched Robert Vaughn's other series "The Protectors".
:\'(

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/17/16 at 6:43 pm

...was a latchkey kid, but I didn't mind.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/16 at 8:57 pm


...was a latchkey kid, but I didn't mind.
So was I!

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/17/16 at 9:33 pm

...couldn't get along with the other classmates.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/16 at 1:55 am

...cycled everywhere.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: d90 on 11/19/16 at 3:27 am

Played Pokemon Blue

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/17 at 5:53 am

...did not have the Internet to play with!

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: annimal on 03/11/17 at 11:46 am

^ me neither

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/17 at 5:57 am

...nor a mobile phone of my own

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 03/18/17 at 3:44 pm

...was every other kids favorite to bully.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/19/17 at 7:30 am

...was a lot younger in age.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 03/19/17 at 11:44 am

...watched too much television affecting my school grades.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/02/17 at 10:56 pm


...watched too much television affecting my school grades.
Come to think of it, I was the same way.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/03/17 at 8:49 pm

...accidentally went in the women's locker room at the gym

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/17 at 2:33 am


...accidentally went in the women's locker room at the gym

:o

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 05/05/17 at 3:43 pm


:o


You said it.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/17 at 1:57 am


...cycled everywhere.
Oh I wish I can ride a bike again.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 06/24/17 at 1:45 pm

...I was chastised by my teachers for my tantrums.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/17 at 5:40 am

...it was a long time ago.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/28/17 at 12:12 am

...hated school.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: d90 on 08/28/17 at 11:25 pm

Played games on Windows 95

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/29/17 at 9:50 pm

Fractured my wrist riding a bike and falling

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/17 at 3:42 pm

...missed several school outings due to sickness

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 09/01/17 at 3:45 pm

...was attacked by a chained German Shepherd.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/07/17 at 8:25 am

... always traveled around the area where I leaved on holidays

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 10/07/17 at 8:00 pm

...had chicken pox.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/17 at 1:57 am


...had chicken pox.
I think I had all the childhood diseases.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 10/11/17 at 1:59 am

...charred half my face in an oven mishap.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/17 at 7:18 am

...missed out on several schooltrips

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 10/12/17 at 1:56 pm

...got too close to a firecracker and lost my hearing for a few moments

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/25/17 at 9:30 am

... suffered from Hay Fever

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 10/29/17 at 11:19 am

...believed in Santa Claus, but what child didn't?

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/17 at 10:04 am

...was introduced to The Beatles by my older sister

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/01/17 at 6:01 pm

believed Aerosmith sang the original "Come Together"because I heard their cover first.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/17 at 3:26 pm

I preferred superheroes then, than I do now.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: annimal on 11/03/17 at 4:00 pm

went trick or treating

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/17 at 4:08 pm


went trick or treating
I never did as a child.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/05/17 at 2:08 pm

...got mugged while trick or treating.

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/17 at 1:27 pm

..admired the campanologists at church

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Indy Gent on 11/06/17 at 9:58 pm

...was called "Shorty".

Subject: Re: When I was a child I...

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/17 at 9:57 am

...saw a pop concert, but I cannot remember the name of the band.

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