Thread: Smoking Smarties is kewl!

Originally Posted by kenneyty

I don't think they're any dumber. It's just all new stupidity. They're creative little buggers.

I remember the "game" the cool kids used to play during AYSO practice when I was a kid. They'd bend over with their head between their knees and hyperventilate. Then they'd stand upright and have someone basically give them the Heimlich maneuver until they passed out and dropped to the ground. After a few seconds, someone would slap them silly until they came to.

Same stupidity...different outlet.

Wow, I've never heard of this game! ...It doesn't sound fun

I suppose now a days we have 'Helmets and Gloves', were you put on a hockey helmet and gloves and smack each other senseless until someone is knocked out...you don't get 'hurt' because the helmet protects your head from direct blows.. but the spinning and jarring of the head rattles the brain enough to render you unconscious...more brain damage.

Since we are all divulging the stupid acts we did as children, then I have one for you...

When I was a child living in the south, our community had a mosquito problem. The problem was bad enough for the county to contract a pest control company to drive through our neighborhoods one evening a week with a "fogger" that billowed out clouds of mosquito repellant or poison (not sure exactly, but it wasn't good stuff).

My friends and I would chase the fogger truck on our bicycles and try to see who could keep up with the fogger the longest.

So, what were we just talking about?

How old are you Gatorfan? It may have been DDT. They fogged the streets with it here when they were trying to figure out how the hell to fight polio.

Now, this one sure makes me look pretty stupid... But I think this one is worse than smoking smarties. When I was young I'd simulate smoking by rolling up a bit of newspaper in to a tube, lighting the end on fire, blowing it out and then proceeding to just smoke rolled news print. If I can pass on one piece of wisdom from this let it be... those glossy coloured flyers have a subtle hint of burning marshmellow taste to them.

I think I may be the only person who ever made the healthier choice by just smoking cigarettes like a normal idiot child.

Originally Posted by Cobo

How old are you Gatorfan? It may have been DDT. They fogged the streets with it here when they were trying to figure out how the hell to fight polio.

Now, this one sure makes me look pretty stupid... But I think this one is worse than smoking smarties. When I was young I'd simulate smoking by rolling up a bit of newspaper in to a tube, lighting the end on fire, blowing it out and then proceeding to just smoke rolled news print. If I can pass on one piece of wisdom from this let it be... those glossy coloured flyers have a subtle hint of burning marshmellow taste to them.

I think I may be the only person who ever made the healthier choice by just smoking cigarettes like a normal idiot child.

I did that! Another thing we have in common Cobo, and yes, I remember the hint of burning marshmallow also! I also used to tear out pages of the bible and roll up some coffee grounds and smoke them. Got the idea while reading Encyclopedia Brown.

That damned Encyclopedia Brown- ruining lives everywhere he goes!

Originally Posted by gatorfan

Since we are all divulging the stupid acts we did as children, then I have one for you...

When I was a child living in the south, our community had a mosquito problem. The problem was bad enough for the county to contract a pest control company to drive through our neighborhoods one evening a week with a "fogger" that billowed out clouds of mosquito repellant or poison (not sure exactly, but it wasn't good stuff).

My friends and I would chase the fogger truck on our bicycles and try to see who could keep up with the fogger the longest.

So, what were we just talking about?

We chased the fogger truck in Stratford, CT too. I think they were killing the gypsy moth caterpillars but they let us kids breath that stuff in for hours.

We never used seatbelts or child seats when I was a kid. In fact my aunt used to load up her minvan with kids and I used to sit in the middle of the front seat on a medical splint stretched between the drivers seat and the passenger seat.

You Canadian Old_School?

I thought the same thing when I saw ''Smarties''.

Which have new colours by the way!

Get ready for Smarties to not be allowed on school grounds and such anymore. This is causing big problems in schools (my wife is a teacher) and has been all over the news.

Originally Posted by Cobo

How old are you Gatorfan? It may have been DDT. They fogged the streets with it here when they were trying to figure out how the hell to fight polio.

Now, this one sure makes me look pretty stupid... But I think this one is worse than smoking smarties. When I was young I'd simulate smoking by rolling up a bit of newspaper in to a tube, lighting the end on fire, blowing it out and then proceeding to just smoke rolled news print. If I can pass on one piece of wisdom from this let it be... those glossy coloured flyers have a subtle hint of burning marshmellow taste to them.

I think I may be the only person who ever made the healthier choice by just smoking cigarettes like a normal idiot child.

I'm 48. We pulled this stupid stunt back in the early 70's. So far the only genetic effect is that both my kids were born nekked!