What's the WORST thing you did when you were a kid???

[4NDR01D]

Helped steal a kids fake leg from his locker in grade 9 (he had a speacial one for gym class- which he was wearing at the time). A friend actually shimmied the flag pole and put it on that little ball at the top. They had to call fire dept. to get it down. Actually, I dont feel that bad because kid was a jerk.

I did however, make fun of kids for being poor and smelly, and it bugs me that I did so to this day. Always wanted to make amends with those kids. Lenore I'm really sorry.

[Cmonster]

Ok-- Here's mine.

Summer camp, 1979. I was eleven, turning twelve that August. That year, my cabin was was what we called a "short" cabin, which meant that there weren't enough boys in my age bracket that summer, to fill the cabin, so instead of 15 or 16 kids, we were 12. Bummer-- because no additional points were given to us in ANY of the activities, which meant we were shorthanded in most of the games, and consistently got our butts kicked. Needless to say, after a month of kids walking around with ribbons and medals, with my cabin having zippo, the teasing and taunting was wearing on us.

The cabin of 13 year olds was particularly relentless with their made up songs about how lame we were and all that nonsense, so at that point, I'd had it.

As much as I truly hate to admit this, I have to tell you, because it's kind of an integral part of the story; The one competition I thought we would win for sure, hands down, was the fishing tournament. Sad to say, we took second place to Ronald Saltzer and the damn 13 year olds, who caught a HUGE catfish. Had to be over 30lbs... Monstrous fish, that the CIT's and counselors were going to cook up in a big fish fry the next day.

Well, I found the cooler they were keeping this leviathan in, and dragged it back to our cabin that night. Me and Davey Barone stuffed it full of M80's and sneaked in to the 13 year old cabin, put in the middle of the room, lit the fuse, and ran...

3 m80's- 12.00, Fuse material- 2.50, repair and cleaning to the cabin- 200.00.

Seeing 16, freshly awakened and traumatized kids, absolutely covered with fish guts and viscera, piling out of that cabin at 2 o'clock in the morning... Priceless.

That cabin and those kids, probably still smell to this day.

SC

[Hector]

[Iron Mego]

Nothing really bad as a little kid (elementary age) although I did play with matches, etc. Never set anything on fire, which amazes me now. I toed the line for the most part.

Did some pretty major damage to personal and public property as a teen, though. Not proud of it, and karma certainly paid me a visit later in life.

[Hector]

I also used to pour salt over slugs and snails...yes...I was an evil little kid...lol.

[Mikey]

Back in high school they used to have a military recruitment day.

Basically 1 day out of the year all the armed forces would bring in tanks, planes etc and have them on our football field to show off --- hoping they might get a few kids to join up.

There was military guys everwhere.

To make a long story short I ripped off an army guys jacket on a dare.

I wound up returning it about 2 hours later because I felt super guilty.
I'd make a lousy thief

I tucked it under a jeep where it was easy to find by any army guy.

[johnmiic]

I took my younger brother an swung him around the room and bashed his head into the radiator when we were kids. Blood was on the floor like it was squeezed out of ketchup packets. I don't know how he turned out normal today. No after effects that any of us can see. I really wish I hadn't done it.

[Johnny]

One time when I was twelve I ate my dessert before my main course.

Another time I stood on my tiptoes to get on a ride I was too short for at the fair.

I live with the guilt every day.

But we learn from our transgressions and hopefully become better and wiser people as a result.