Funny Pics thread II

McDad · Aug 21, 2024

Carl Pickens said:
We used to tie a rope to the bumper of a friend’s 4x4 to an old car hood when it snowed and ride around. It was all fun and games until he took a turn too fast and slung us around into a row of mailboxes. Four of us were on it at the time…..one lacerated knee that required 8 stitches ….one head contusion with accompanying concussion….and one severely bruised hand…. Thankfully I was on the far side and bounced into the backs of the other guys and was I uninjured

A real Rudolph the Red Neck winter rite of passage.

GVF · Aug 21, 2024

Carl Pickens said:
We used to tie a rope to the bumper of a friend’s 4x4 to an old car hood when it snowed and ride around. It was all fun and games until he took a turn too fast and slung us around into a row of mailboxes. Four of us were on it at the time…..one lacerated knee that required 8 stitches ….one head contusion with accompanying concussion….and one severely bruised hand…. Thankfully I was on the far side and bounced into the backs of the other guys and was I uninjured

We seemed to have had a standing appointment at the doctor every Friday to take care of what happened during the week. We swore the only reason DFACS was never involved is that our doctor was an elder at church and he knew. Ever had dirt clod fights when a house is going up, only to discover when they hit your head some dirt clods have rocks in them. I went down a hill on the handle bars of the bike my brother was propelling. Pot Hole !!. He came out worse. I only had road rash. He got gouged up and broke 2 teeth on the handle bars when I launched. We started young too. Same down hill driveway on a tricycle three times. Flipped and busted head 3 times. Finally got banned by mom from that driveway. Tried to fly. Broke arm. Took up skateboarding. Broke arm again. Hit by truck on bicycle. 12 years old riding bike to town 4 miles in or so to get candy at Ben Franklin. Rode it 10 miles out or so to friends houses. Only rule was home at dinner and don't make them get in car to come find you.

Flip side...We also had mandatory chores, and family time on back patio during summer snapping beans and shucking corn and whatnot. If I had a late baseball game, did veggies in uniform till time to go. Only when all was done was hte TV allowed to come on. THe remote was whoever was laying in the floor closest to the TV.

Unrelated side note: We also learned that 2 pieces of long surgical tubing and a good pouch would launch water baloons over a 3-4 story dorm, and no one would know here they were coming from. A relay line of spotters would line you up and time the launch.

McDad · Aug 21, 2024

GVF said:
We seemed to have had a standing appointment at the doctor every Friday to take care of what happened during the week. We swore the only reason DFACS was never involved is that our doctor was an elder at church and he knew. Ever had dirt clod fights when a house is going up, only to discover when they hit your head some dirt clods have rocks in them. I went down a hill on the handle bars of the bike my brother was propelling. Pot Hole !!. He came out worse. I only had road rash. He got gouged up and broke 2 teeth on the handle bars when I launched. We started young too. Same down hill driveway on a tricycle three times. Flipped and busted head 3 times. Finally got banned by mom from that driveway. Tried to fly. Broke arm. Took up skateboarding. Broke arm again. Hit by truck on bicycle. 12 years old riding bike to town 4 miles in or so to get candy at Ben Franklin. Rode it 10 miles out or so to friends houses. Only rule was home at dinner and don't make them get in car to come find you.

Flip side...We also had mandatory chores, and family time on back patio during summer snapping beans and shucking corn and whatnot. If I had a late baseball game, did veggies in uniform till time to go. Only when all was done was hte TV allowed to come on. THe remote was whoever was laying in the floor closest to the TV.

Unrelated side note: We also learned that 2 pieces of long surgical tubing and a good pouch would launch water baloons over a 3-4 story dorm, and no one would know here they were coming from. A relay line of spotters would line you up and time the launch.

We had dirt and clod fights, too.

ETA: we also had a contest to see who could jump out of the barn loft door. Swung on ropes tied to tree limbs at each other. walked on barrels turned on their side.

What the heck was wrong with us????