What did you do as a child...

AKA2D '91 · #1 03-08-2001, 06:05 PM

that still has you and your family laughing about it today?

When I was 3, my father and I went to the store. He left the keys in the car (it was a standard, also, he would always let me "crank" the car "up")...back then with a standard, you didn't have to use the clutch to start the car!

So, he left to go inside and get a paper. I decide that I want to crank the car "up"...

Needless to say, I did and the car SLOWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLYYYYY made its way THROUGH the glass doors of the store.

Luckily (major BLESSING), my cousin lived across the street, saw what was happening and pulled me out!

So everyone says I started driving at three,

but actually, I was 7. And I learned to drive with that SAME car!

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Discogoddess · #2 03-08-2001, 06:19 PM

There are quite a few that are in "The Book", as my parents call it, but one example is the time when, after my father told me to come help him with some yard work, I politely, slowly and in a very ladylike manner said "Daddy...I'm not an outdoors person!" I was six years old at the time (1976) and to this day, this statement holds true, at least when it comes to yard work!

toocute · #3 03-08-2001, 06:56 PM

Cool Topic

I was about seven and my aunt had a party. My Dad didn't go but my Mom and I went. This DUDE was dancing with my Mom and put his hand on my Mom's waist.

I went over to them *grabbed* his hand and said "When you dance with MY Mommy, you put your hand HERE" and *flung* his hand to his side.

The DUDE was like "I see you brought your own security guard tonight." Mom was mortified but laughed so hard. Dad loved the story when she told him later and that story is STILL brought up to this day.

Bobby Earl · #4 03-08-2001, 09:11 PM

I can't let my fans down....

When I was almost 2 years old, my mother obviously thought I was potty trained. One day, I went to the bathroom to do my thing (#2) and when I finished, I tore off some tissue, threw the tissue in the toilet, flushed the toilet, pulled up my pants

, told my mom that I was threw Boo Boo-in, and went about my merry way. My mother said I remembered that the tissue was suppose to be torn off, thrown in the toilet, and that the toilet needed to be flushed. I just forgot about what happened before all those steps...

I guess you could have called me STARCHILD, because I truly knew about that P-FUNK!

Nothin like a good childhood story to get you ready for a hot meal, huh?

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exquizit · #5 03-08-2001, 11:14 PM

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Originally posted by Bobby Earl:
I can't let my fans down....

When I was almost 2 years old, my mother obviously thought I was potty trained. One day, I went to the bathroom to do my thing (#2) and when I finished, I tore off some tissue, threw the tissue in the toilet, flushed the toilet, pulled up my pants , told my mom that I was threw Boo Boo-in, and went about my merry way. My mother said I remembered that the tissue was suppose to be torn off, thrown in the toilet, and that the toilet needed to be flushed. I just forgot about what happened before all those steps...

I guess you could have called me STARCHILD, because I truly knew about that P-FUNK!

Nothin like a good childhood story to get you ready for a hot meal, huh?

[This message has been edited by Bobby Earl (edited March 08, 2001).]

Never a dull moment..."P-Funk"? LMAO

ZChi4Life · #6 03-08-2001, 11:25 PM

Well, when I was little, say about 3 yrs old, I was completely terrified of thunder! So whenever there was a thunderstorm, I'd run around screaming "BUNGA! BUNGA!" cuz I couldn't say THUNDER.

My parents still tease me about that to this day! They will actually call me after a thunderstorm and say "Did you hear all that BUNGA outside last night?" Parents, I tell ya! They just won't let it go

toocute · #7 03-08-2001, 11:42 PM

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Originally posted by ZChi4Life:
They will actually call me after a thunderstorm and say "Did you hear all that BUNGA outside last night?" Parents, I tell ya!

Now that was cute....

MarvyG · #8 03-09-2001, 12:24 AM

When I was three, we were at church. Of course I had on my pretty dress and Cashmere London Fog dress coat. While waiting to go inside a member of my church said to me "what a lovely coat." Well when she said it I opened up my coat (as if to say "you haven't seen the full picture) to show her my dress that I thought was beautiful and then I turned around to model it for her. She cracked up laughing and so did my mom while she said thank you. My mom always tells that story to my friends when they come over. It was even one of the things that they roasted me on when I graduated from high school.

#9 03-09-2001, 01:55 AM

The doorbell rang so I ran to answer it. My father's friend said hey where's your dad, I told him wait just a second. I ran to the room where my daddy was watching televison and said , "Daddy, Charlie is at the door." My daddy said I don't feel like Charlie today, tell him I'm sleeping. So I ran back to the door (I had a thing with running around 5yrs old) so I said, "Charlie, my daddy said he is sleeping." Well I guess my daddy had to come to the door and see what Charlie wanted after all

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When I was young, my mom had a habit of spelling out words when she talked to her girlfriends on the phone, just in case I was listening. Well I didnt start listening until she started spelling. I was in the first grade and she said to her friend on the phone, "Girl they were caught in the B.E.D." I turned to look at her and said bed. Now momma gurl should have known that word was not complicated for a first grader. After then, she took her conversations to another room

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onesavvydiva · #10 03-11-2001, 11:45 PM

Cute Topic, I always had a problem with pronouncing words when I was little, I don't know whether it was just the lack of teeth or what.

I used to always say that my mom was gonna get a 'Miss Lady's Benz' (Mercedez Benz).

I used to think the Scrubbing Bubbles actually came out of the bottle when you spray the tub/shower.

I would NOT eat 'dirty rice' or 'old rotten potatoes' (Au Gratin).

My mother and I went out one day when we were visiting back in NY, and before we went back she told me not to be telling all her business. So when we got back and my great-grandmother asked me what I did today... I said, "My momma told me not to be telling ya'll all her business!"

I am sure I can consult with with my mother and find out all kinds of stories I never knew. OH, I know one...

I used to watch my mom arch her eyebrows in the mirrow, so I decided I wanted mine arched too. So I got my step-father's razor (mind you, it's a FULL SIZED BEARD SHAVING RAZOR), and decided to 'arch' mine. Needless to say I only had one eyebrow left, (I actually thought it looked good, I was going for the other one and my mom caught me!) Pictures were the next day and my mom wanted to teach me a lesson. So she made a BIG deal out of it, and got me all self-concious about it, and sent me to school to take pictures like that, LOL! I think that was borderline abuse!!! (thinking**I think I burned all the evidence**)