Silly things you said, did, or thought as a kid

[D'Snowth]

When ED, EDD N EDDY was at the height of its popularity when I was in kid, I made my own Plank and carried it around with me like Jonny . . . granted, my Plank was made from cardboard, and not an actual plank of wood, but still, other kids thought it was cool and wanted me to make Planks for them as well, lol.

 

[fuzzygobo]

When I was seven, my brother and I were sending away for something. We filled out the order form. Name, address, then there was a little box that said APT . We didn't live inan apartment, so Mom was curious why I tried to squeeze 1967/1968 into the little box.
"Because", I informed her, "that was when we got aptized!"
John the Aptist was a big figure in church history.

 

[crackmaster]

Vandalizing Wikipedia articles and putting weird nonsense only I thought was funny/could come up with in them. Heck, I used to do that on Muppet Central too.

 

[fuzzygobo]

Back in the 70s, my mom had a dollar on a table in the front hall. It was summer, and the ice cream truck was coming down the street. I grabbed the dollar, and bought ice cream for me and three of my friends. Back then you could get a Good Humor bar for a quarter. My, how times have changed.
So I’m buying ice cream for the neighborhood. Mr. Big Spender.
Unfortunately, the dollar was for the paperboy. I had to do a ton of chores to pay back my mom for my Socialist gesture.

 

[crackmaster]

Thinking up a "special episode" of Teletubbies which guest-starred Beyoncé. I am not kidding. I later made fun of this when somebody mentioned elsewhere online about a dark and gritty Teletubbies reboot, and I said "featuring Supervolt* and Beyoncé as the Muldur and Scully type duo who are out to prove the Teletubbies' existence to the rest of the world."

*Black Vulcan from Harvey Birdman

 

[D'Snowth]

Remember Kenny from 2 STUPID DOGS? As a kid, I honestly couldn't tell if he was supposed to be a boy or a girl. Yeah, I know they always addressed him with male pronouns, but I always felt his character design with the big, curly red hair, as well as the really high, squeaky voice he had made him seem more like a girl.

 

[mariolover]

Saw a waiter at Olive Garden that looked like Louis from Left 4 Dead and shouted “Louis!”

 

[Blue Frackle]

How did that go for ya?

 

[fuzzygobo]

Once when I was eight, I wanted to go swimming. But it was pouring rain. But my dad still said, “Go ahead!”
So I walked the short distance to the lake, planted my butt in an inner tube, and floated around for an hour while it was raining buckets.

It was actually kinda neat!
If there was any chance of lightning, I wouldn’t go. But usually the lake is crowded with swimmers, boaters, and fishermen, but here I had the run of the place.
When my fingertips turned into prunes, I was done.
Bringing a towel was pointless, so I dried off when I got home.
No sunburn either.

 

[D'Snowth]

I love it when I have a whole swimming pool to myself, but I was never allowed to swim in a lake - even back then, there were concerns about contamination and junk.