Does anyone out there have a favorite or memorable childhood memory they would like to share?
One of my favorites (I have so many!) was the summer of '88. Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" was the #1 song and was played on MTV like every hour on the hour. In Kentucky that summer there was also a terrible drought.
Every summer for some reason as was tradition, all the kids in the neighborhood would get togehter for a round of "war." It was always girls against the boys. This particular summer I was the leader of the girls, and our "base" was our screened in back porch complete with a tv, fans, access to food from the house, good for lookouts, etc. So we're in our base watching MTV waiting for things to get started and "Pour Some Sugar On Me" comes on. So ofcourse we are standing around the TV singing along. This made the boys mad because we were singing in our "base" and not coming out. They then decided to scare us out by setting off left over bottle rockets from 4th of July. Well sure enough it did scare us out, but one bottle rocket that was set off from the neighbor's yard, didnt take off, this catching the dry grass on fire. So ofcourse everyone was in a panic. Everyone was stomping, even had a garden hose or two trying to put it out. While the fire did reach the neighbor's garage, the house didnt catch on fire, but the backyard was a TOTAL loss. My mom called the fire dept. and they came out to make sure it was out and wouldnt reignite. The boy responsible for setting off the bottle rockets was then no where to be found. He was later found however 30 minutes later, running away from home, and from that summer on, "war" was no longer allowed to be played in the old neighborhood. But needless to say each time I hear the song"Pour Some Sugar On Me" I think of that day
Sorry for it being a long posting!
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