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Melissa TO • upvoted 5 items 8 hours ago
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When I was 2 or 3 years old, I had a doll. I was very proud of the name I gave her and I cried and threw a tantrum when my parents forbid me to call her.... H*tler... I didn't understand why they were shocked. I didn't understand ANYTHING. 🤣Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
My father told me I was born with a tail like a Bassett Hound. We had 2 adult Bassetts and a litter of puppies, so I found this totally believable. I was 10 before I asked my mother if I had a scar from where my tail used to be. I thought she was gonna kill my dad!Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was 2 or 3 years old, I had a doll. I was very proud of the name I gave her and I cried and threw a tantrum when my parents forbid me to call her.... H*tler... I didn't understand why they were shocked. I didn't understand ANYTHING. 🤣Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
My father told me I was born with a tail like a Bassett Hound. We had 2 adult Bassetts and a litter of puppies, so I found this totally believable. I was 10 before I asked my mother if I had a scar from where my tail used to be. I thought she was gonna kill my dad!Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
TL;DR: ten year old boy makes unfortunate clothing choice on his first day of camp in the early 90s; is embarrassed in front of everyone So, I was a bit of a late bloomer. I'm a high functioning autistic, but nobody knew that back then. I'm not sure what people thought of me back then, but I acted far younger than my age. Simply put, I "grew up" later than my peers. So while my friends were turning into teenagers and shedding their childish ways, I was still playing with toys. I loved pretending and playing dress-up. I learned how to sew at a young age, and frequently made my own costumes. I only bring this up for context, because this unfortunate story involves a costume. I did not make this costume myself, but I included that tidbit about me sewing just to illustrate how into pretend play I was. My friends were chasing girls, and I was sewing my own superman costume. Unfortunately, the costume was not superman. In fact, the "costume" featured in this story involved only one article of clothing: a hat. I don't remember what clothes I wore with it. They aren't important. Only the hat is important in this tale. So, here's the story: I think I was ten when I first went to summer camp, so that would make it 1992. It was my first time at a sleep-away camp, so I didn't know what to expect. Naturally, my mom and dad had a ton of pamphlets they enthusiastically read to me, just trying their best to sell it to me. One of the big selling points was that the first day would have a costume party during dinner. I was pretty exited about this. So when I was trying to choose what costume I'd wear, do you want to know what my stupid, stupid child-brain landed on? A sombrero. That's right, friend. A giant freaking sombrero. To clarify, I am SO white. This was the early 90s. So just imagine it: white kid with big teeth and big ears. He seems a little... off. He has a strange vocal tick, and talks slow. He's wearing the biggest sombrero you ever saw, and he is totally clueless about cultural appropriation. Unfortunately, he is also unaware, for the time leading up to his arrival, how ridiculous he will look in this thing either way. I found the sombrero at the thrift store with my mom. I immediately fell in love. Among my growing collection of favorite movie genres, westerns were in the top ten. I cannot stress it enough: I LOVED THIS HAT. So let's fast forward. I just arrived at camp in the afternoon after a long drive. After orientation and getting set up in my cabin, I got dressed for dinner. I changed my clothes, and on popped my giant sombrero. I headed to the cafeteria, confident that my awesome hat will impress everyone. I'd make a cool entrance, and people would gasp in awe of the splendor of my enormous hat. It was only as I grew closer to the main hall that I began to take notice of the children around me, as small groups of twos and threes streamed into the hallway leading to the cafeteria. I didn't see any costumes. I grew more and more anxious as got closer and closer to the door. My confidence in my rad headgear bled away. I walked through the doorway. Imagine my horror, as I scanned the crowd and found that not a single kid there was wearing a costume of any kind! In I walk, wearing the BIGGEST SOMBRERO YOU EVER SAW IN YOU LIFE. The rest is a blur. I don't remember if I took it off and fled, or kept it on and stayed, or some combination of the two. I wish I could remember, but all I remember is that moment, walking in and reeling in horror. This is just a small sample of my ridiculous childhood. This story is not unique for me. My entire childhood was a big cringe-fest.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
It seems nothing funny happened in my childhood or my memories are so blurred, but I just remembered one with our son,when he was around five years old. There was some old water pool and some comunity action of painting the walls around,many young people and nice atmosphere, my husband took our son to see how walls are painted, and after some time our son, who was just in swimming suit,comes back to me to show me proudly how nicely he painted with some white oil wood paint not only the walls but himself too!!!!!He was thick white all over, shorts, legs, boddy, face , hair!!! And so proud!!!!! It turned that my husband,who would be able to speak even with a tree about photosintezys, started endless chatting with people ,while totally forgetting our son ,who,free as bird,started painting a wall and himself. We needed to quickely buy turpentine or any other oil paint disolver in order to clean a paint before it dries.I was in such a hurry and my husband killed me, he said, let us stay for some more, its really nice atmosphere here... (Will not bother you with words that crossed my mind at that moment ...) Anyhow,end of weekend and no shops opened, we finaly found a shop and got a turpentine disolver, I took our son in bath tube and literally washed him with turpentine, scrubbing paint that started to dry, my poor little artistic son was screemeng " you are bad parents" even though I explained him the situation and that it will be unpleasant process , sharp smell of turpentine all over .....Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
I was 9 and we were on a river trip. We had pulled off the water to have lunch on the beach and when we were finished one of the men announced that he had "to see a man about a horse" and wandered into the rushes. I immediately got up to follow - I wanted to see the horse! Needless to say, my parents were quick to hold me back, and we had a nice chat about some of the more colorful idioms and why I couldn't take them so seriously.Show All 5 Upvotes
Melissa TO • upvoted 31 items 1 day ago
Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
Funny memory 1: When I was at primary school, we had an awards ceremony and it went for well over an hour. We were coming to the end of it when my name was called and they asked me to come up to the front--infront of the whole school. So I got up, but my legs collapsed beneath me because we'd been sitting there for so long in such a cramped condition that my blood circulation in my legs had completely stopped. Unsure what to do, I crawled to the front to claim my award. Funny memory 2: I went to the beach in my wetsuit and waterproof shoes and went for a swim in the sea. When I came out I felt this weird feeling in my shoe. I thought I was imagining it at first, but it persisted, so I took off my shoe and a fish jumped out. Don't worry though, I got the fish back in the sea unharmed :) But yeah I've never heard of fish swimming into people's shoes before. Very odd. If you're curious about the species it was a baby lemon sole fish (I think) either that or something similar.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
Not mine but my niece has given me permission to share. First day of kindergarten, she come home from school with a black eye, looking very proud of herself. When my sister, horrified, demanded to know what had happened, she gave a huge grin and happily replied "I headbutt a little boy!" "What? Why??” "Because I like him!" "That is NOT how we show people we like them!" "Uh huh! He headbutt me back! Now we're best friends!!" Sure enough, eleven years later and they are still best friends. I'm convinced they'll be more one day. Side note: I learned a few months after the initial friendship headbutt, that they had been trying to switch bodies like the movie Freaky Friday... I have no words for that one. LolHey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
Funny memory 1: When I was at primary school, we had an awards ceremony and it went for well over an hour. We were coming to the end of it when my name was called and they asked me to come up to the front--infront of the whole school. So I got up, but my legs collapsed beneath me because we'd been sitting there for so long in such a cramped condition that my blood circulation in my legs had completely stopped. Unsure what to do, I crawled to the front to claim my award. Funny memory 2: I went to the beach in my wetsuit and waterproof shoes and went for a swim in the sea. When I came out I felt this weird feeling in my shoe. I thought I was imagining it at first, but it persisted, so I took off my shoe and a fish jumped out. Don't worry though, I got the fish back in the sea unharmed :) But yeah I've never heard of fish swimming into people's shoes before. Very odd. If you're curious about the species it was a baby lemon sole fish (I think) either that or something similar.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
Not mine but my niece has given me permission to share. First day of kindergarten, she come home from school with a black eye, looking very proud of herself. When my sister, horrified, demanded to know what had happened, she gave a huge grin and happily replied "I headbutt a little boy!" "What? Why??” "Because I like him!" "That is NOT how we show people we like them!" "Uh huh! He headbutt me back! Now we're best friends!!" Sure enough, eleven years later and they are still best friends. I'm convinced they'll be more one day. Side note: I learned a few months after the initial friendship headbutt, that they had been trying to switch bodies like the movie Freaky Friday... I have no words for that one. LolHey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
Growing up my family has been the weirdest When i was at the 3rd grade or something My elder brother had a bad habbit of ordering random online stuffs One time he accidentally ordered 19 matress covers Late when my mom found out about it she was spitting fire Bonus: when we was kids we used to stick my mom's (not used) tampons up our nose cuz we thought that's how we should use it Me and my brother~Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was a kid my mom told me I couldn't lay on the floor to watch TV because of the draft from the door. Only, I though she said giraffe and I spend many evenings trying to figure out how a giraffe flattened itself enough to get under the front door and what it would do to make me sick. I was terrifiedHey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
My story is about my oldest brother and one of my uncles. My uncle (a teen at the time) had a habit of waylaying my brother (5 yr old) everytime we came home from town as he usually had candy that uncle could just grab and scarf down before anyone could catch him. That habit kinda backfired one day. Anyone out there old enough to recall when Gravy Train dog food first came out? You guessed it, then. My brother gets out of the car with his hand close to his chest, acting as if he is REALLY enjoying his goodies. Uncle runs up, snatches a handful of kibbles from brother and crams them in his mouth! No surprise that he never did that again, but I have a whole slew of stories like this. The 'Normal' gene not only doesn't run in our family, it runs from it!Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
Once when my brother was three and I was two we were put down for naps. My brother ended up pooping in his diaper, but instead of telling my mom ( or whatever 3 year olds do when they poop) he pulled his pants of and painted the walls with his hands and feet and poo. We called him ' Poo- caso'Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
9 year old me (F) approached my mom with my cat in my arms and declared, “this is my big pussy!”. She lost it!😂😂😂Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was a kid I hated shoes and could be seen regularly not wearing shoes, even at time where shoes would be expected. One night when I was about 9 or 10 years old my parents decided to take us to the drive-in movies and then said we would just stay the night at a hotel since it would be so late to drive home. We used to go to the drive-in movies a lot as a kid, but never stayed in hotels after, we just came home. Despite the change, I didn't think much about the change. So I put on my very favorite fuzzy pajamas, a sundress for the morning, picked my favorite snacks, and piled into the car with my parents and little brother who is a year younger than me. Movies were great and I never remember going to the hotel afterwards. In the morning, I get myself ready and pile into the car again. After a short drive, my parents pull around the corner and I see large signs pointing us in the direction of Cedar Point (a large amusement park about 2 hours from home). This is when I burst into hysterical tears. My parents, totally confused at the situation turn to look at me. I catch my breathe and between tears finally get out "I'm not wearing any shoes!" My parents are beside themselves and speechless. They are mad at themselves for not noticing that their child hasn't been wearing shoes for the last 12+ hours, that their 9 year old didn't even put shoes on but also because since are 2 hours from home. Since this was the 90s and before cell phones, it took them a minute but they did find a Payless Shoe Store. They made me sit in the car while my mom picked out new shoes. It took over an hour before we finally made it to the amusement park. In 37 now and my mom still makes sure I have shoes when we go anywhereHey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was in 2nd or 3rd grade, I had this bully who was a 5th grader and one day I punched him in the gut because he was about to hit me. So then I go to the principals office and I get suspended for 4 or 5 school days while the boy was unpunished. When my mom got there she asked why the other boy wasn't getting punished and the secretary said "It's not always about your son" my mom got mad because I felt like I was in danger and acted in self defense but because he didn't actually hit me he wasn't getting in trouble. So my mom turned to me and said "Let's go get some ice cream" when the secretary questioned it my mom said "I am not going to punish my son for acting in self defense.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When me and my brother were little he found some hair products and put them in his hair. My mom was busy on her online college so she said for him to go to bed. He then came back and said "I took care of it mommy." Later we learn he dunked his hair in the toilet.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was about 5, I had bangs, which I absolutely hated. One time we were vacationing in a hotel in the mountains, and I told my mom I wanted a haircut without bangs, "like the gentleman over there", pointing at a random other guest. The gentleman was bald.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
Apparently when I was a toddler, I went from 2 or 3 word answers to sentences at once. I was with my parents and a neighbors house and he asked me if I wanted any 'cow juice'. I supposedly answered 'That is not cow Joyce? It is Milk, M I L K, milk!'Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
I was about four y/o, and my mom had a cold. I have no idea what my thought process was, but I cut a big chunk of her hair off. I still feel really bad about it.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was about five we were on Fishers Island New York for the summer. Visiting a beach where seagulls had numerous nests I picked up an egg and my thumb went through it. The egg was rotten and I could not suck my thumb for a week!Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
One time when my mom, brother, and I were traveling with my Aunt and cousins, we had a 5 hour layover in Istanbul. We went to the food court and ate a bite before we had to catch our connecting red-eye flight. So while my Aunt and Mom are busy with something, like finding our gate or whatever, here are 5 kids sitting slightly unsupervised at a table. The janitor, an older man, walks over and starts PETTING my younger cousin, who was 8 at the time. Not in a creepy way, but like a man would do to his daughter or granddaughter. It felt really confusing in the moment, but looking back I always get a good laugh out of it.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was in kindergarten..I had much to learn yet in this life! I was proud that I sharpened a pencil to an honorable point:) then I proceeded to hold it point end up on the desk; laughed nodding my head foward; stabbing myself in the forehead. I looked up cross-eyed and confused as it stayed there in my head.! I had lead stuck there in my forehead for years. A lesson that we all must learn especially the ability to laugh at ourselves. Lol!!Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
My younger brother eating too many pot noodles when they came out, leading to amusing breaking wind noises later, whereupon aforementioned noodles made a surprise reappearance, apparently dangling from his balloon knot as he shuffled awkwardly to the bathroom. To this day I haven't laughed as much!Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
Ok long story incoming. I might have already said it here but nvm. Some background: When I was little we lived abroad, my dad got a job with my uncle and brought us over too. Uncle and aunt used to live in a compound - I believe the American version is a gated community. My mom used to take us there to aunt's house and my sister and I (f) would go alone to the nearby park to play with the other kids. One day we decided to take a walk through the compound and we went pretty far from aunt's house. A little elderly Indian guy (90% of workforce in that country is Asian) was driving a minivan through the streets and saw us all alone wandering so he offered to give us a ride back home. We jumped on board and he dropped us off at our aunt's. While retelling this story to our mom and aunt when asked how was our day, they went bats**t crazy on us (for to us then unknown reasons). To this day I shudder to think what could have happened to us if we weren't picked up, or even picked up by the wrong person. I salute you random elderly Indian fellow, may your offspring be protected in the same way you protected us that dayHey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
During middle school I walked home with a friend from grade school most days, and he was a bit lighter than me and a bit less risk averse. On a trip to a mountain camp he walked out on some thin ice, and convinced my stupid self it was safe to walk on, after which I found out it was not, indeed, safe, but fortunately he quickly grabbed a branch and my parents were nearby so it ended well... so when we were walking home and he decided to swing from some ivy, and told me it would be fine, I of course had learned my lesson and refused. Only about 10 seconds later the ivy snapped and he crashed down into the small creek below. As soon as I was sure he was fairly unhurt, I enjoyed a nice revenge laugh.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
I was 12 in the 6th grade. Went to a friend's birthday/slumber party. She lived in a small community. Her house was on the corner and her bedroom faced the street, and had giant picture windows that opened to the street. Her house was big and dark, spooky, and very old. Sometime in the early morning all 7 of us were watching some silly movie, we heard a scary noice and we all jumped up and ran to her room jumping on the king sized waterbed. I was second from last on the pile from the top to jump on the bed, well someone jumped right in the middle of me and it caused me to pee on everyone under me. I jumped up and ran to the restroom. I was MORTIFIED, TERRIBLY EMBARRASSED AND SCARED. My friend came to check on me and told me it was ok and no one was mad. So everyone promised to keep slumber party events secret and that was just one of the secrets. Or so I believed. The next school day, all of my boy classmates knew and I had to relive that over for years. At our high school graduation, the valedictorian brought it up again in her speech. I'm 47 now and have yet to live it downHey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
I was on a punt with some friends. One was misbehaving so his mum told us tho push him in. He panicked and pushed me in instead. But I hung of and only had one foot in the water, with both arms and my other leg still in the boat. The only thing was it was a really awkward position. To get back in, I had to jump out the boat and then climb back in. As soon as I put my other leg in, I remembered my phone was in that pocket. I was the only one who found this funny. (BTW my phone was fine.)Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
My two younger sisters and I shared a room with bunk bed that had a full size at the bottom. Some nights during bedtime, I would close the door and fart bomb them and they would exclaim and yell and have to suffer there because that was way less scary than to face mom. Mom walked in once all yelling at us to be quiet, sniffed and ran back out. We all laugh about it 20 years later. I think they may have Fart-PTSD.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
So as a kid I thought I could parachute from the loft down to the first floor... with a blanket... And my parents would never know. My giant swollen foot and me withering around crying sure hid it all well!Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was about 12-14, my family and 2 other families we knew well went to a family camp in Upper Michigan. We had been warned of a family of bears in the area and to be careful to avoid them, as mama bears are protective. One night, we are walking back to the cabins in 2 loose groups. One of the dads gets a bright idea and slinks off from the first group into the roadside bushes. I was in the first group and observed the chaos that followed. This bearded man makes growling snarl noises as he rises up, arms akimbo, from the bushes. The second group of mostly moms and younger kids scream in terror, moving en masse to the furthest side of the road. And my mother grabs my little brother by the shoulders and shoves him in front of her as a meat shield. To this day, we tease her for her quokka-like reaction!Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
https://imgur.com/a/yonF3m4 One of my birthday cakes. It says "To My Not So Favorite Daughter". I was 9. I'm adopted. My mom tried to tell me it was "just a joke", but it wasn't.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
This was around my 7th birthday I think and we had a big party which was more like a family reunion. There are multiple things that happened that day. 1: some of my relatives roasted a whole pig and I was so shocked that I couldn’t go anywhere near it. When it was done my grandma tried to force me to eat the tail and I almost threw up. 2: I had an Elmo birthday cake and right when I was going to blow out the candles my uncle comes behind me and blows them out. I still hold a grudge against him 😂.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was in middle school the neighborhood I lived in had this weird thing about it: about every 2 houses there would be one house with about 2 or 3 bichon frise dogs just living in the yard. They didn’t often walk them, the owners just let them loose around the yard and chasing birds and barking at the passers by. If you were unlucky enough to be around when they’re not taking their naps, then the whole street of fluffy white bichon dogs barking would create a tantrum and you just gotta run before they figure out the hinges on the yard doors aren’t really stable. Most of the pet dogs in the neighborhood were bichon frise. It was the most cutest but bizarre thing I ever saw.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was maybe 6 (50yoM) my grandfather, knowing he wouldn't be around too long, would tell me inappropriate jokes, changing the punchline, and as I've aged, I've gotten so many jokes as gifts. Like this one Him: "Do you know how Indians name their babys?" Me: shakes my head no Him: "well, they look around where they are, and if they see wolf running, the child is named wolf running, if they see eagle flying, they name the child eagle flying. Do you know what your name would be?" Me: "No Grandpa, what?" Him " well, when you were born, I looked out back of the hospital, and in the alley, I saw something. And you would be Two dogs fffffffuuuu" At which point my grandmother hits him, and laughing hard he loudly says "Fffuuuuu---ignting" And he starts laughing hysterically and I join him, not understanding why...Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
To improve memory power I would often take part in memorize and recite contests at school. My father encouraged me to do so and once while watching news in TV he said "Look at the news reporter. She is not stuttering while reading the news because she memorized the news so well . You should achieve that level of perfection!" . That motivated me like crazy. Years later I found out that news reporters read news by looking at teleprompters.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was 7 or so, I was singing Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Bette Midler). But I was a little confused on the lyrics. "He's the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of company b, said he couldn't blow a bugle so he blew me." I had no idea why my mom was laughing so hard.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was about 10 or 12 my mom, my best friend & me was coming back home from the store when the car died at the intersection in town. My mom asked us to get out & push the car so we get out & go to the back of the car & push but the car didn't move so we try again still nothing so me & my friend take off our flip-flops for better grip ( despite the hot pavement ) still nothing but we continue to try & just as the guy in the 18 wheeler gets out to try & help us the car finally moves. Me & my friend later found out that it wasn't moving because my mom had the parking brake on & when we asked we she had it on she said because it was a red light. There was no other cars crossing the intersection because all the other cars was politely waiting for us to move our car out of the way.Show All 31 Upvotes
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When I was around 12-14 throughout my high school years, everytime my brother (4 years younger than me) and I would get McDonalds, we would order Happy Meals and then after dinner we would take my Dads hammer and blast them to smithereens. Sometimes, we would deface them with Sharpies beforehand. Whatever kept the kids away from hurting each other was my parents mindset I guess :)Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was 5, we went to a wedding of a relative. My mom explained there would be a ring bearer and train bearers. I thought she said trained bears so as the bride passed I loudly said "Where are the trained bears?" Boy was mom embarrassed.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was around 12-14 throughout my high school years, everytime my brother (4 years younger than me) and I would get McDonalds, we would order Happy Meals and then after dinner we would take my Dads hammer and blast them to smithereens. Sometimes, we would deface them with Sharpies beforehand. Whatever kept the kids away from hurting each other was my parents mindset I guess :)Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was 5, we went to a wedding of a relative. My mom explained there would be a ring bearer and train bearers. I thought she said trained bears so as the bride passed I loudly said "Where are the trained bears?" Boy was mom embarrassed.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
Well one day I went to the store with my mom and her friend and keep in mind I was young at the time well we walk by the Ziploc bag box's and I looked at them and I go "Mom how come on the box it shows food in the bags but the bags don't come with food in them" :)Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
This isn't mine it's my brothers but when he was a toddler our mother left him alone in his room and then realized he was being too quiet she walked in and . . Baby powder everywhere he said it was "snowing". He manage to get it everywhere inside the room.Show All 4 Upvotes
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When I was 2 or 3 years old, I had a doll. I was very proud of the name I gave her and I cried and threw a tantrum when my parents forbid me to call her.... H*tler... I didn't understand why they were shocked. I didn't understand ANYTHING. 🤣Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
My father told me I was born with a tail like a Bassett Hound. We had 2 adult Bassetts and a litter of puppies, so I found this totally believable. I was 10 before I asked my mother if I had a scar from where my tail used to be. I thought she was gonna kill my dad!Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
TL;DR: ten year old boy makes unfortunate clothing choice on his first day of camp in the early 90s; is embarrassed in front of everyone So, I was a bit of a late bloomer. I'm a high functioning autistic, but nobody knew that back then. I'm not sure what people thought of me back then, but I acted far younger than my age. Simply put, I "grew up" later than my peers. So while my friends were turning into teenagers and shedding their childish ways, I was still playing with toys. I loved pretending and playing dress-up. I learned how to sew at a young age, and frequently made my own costumes. I only bring this up for context, because this unfortunate story involves a costume. I did not make this costume myself, but I included that tidbit about me sewing just to illustrate how into pretend play I was. My friends were chasing girls, and I was sewing my own superman costume. Unfortunately, the costume was not superman. In fact, the "costume" featured in this story involved only one article of clothing: a hat. I don't remember what clothes I wore with it. They aren't important. Only the hat is important in this tale. So, here's the story: I think I was ten when I first went to summer camp, so that would make it 1992. It was my first time at a sleep-away camp, so I didn't know what to expect. Naturally, my mom and dad had a ton of pamphlets they enthusiastically read to me, just trying their best to sell it to me. One of the big selling points was that the first day would have a costume party during dinner. I was pretty exited about this. So when I was trying to choose what costume I'd wear, do you want to know what my stupid, stupid child-brain landed on? A sombrero. That's right, friend. A giant freaking sombrero. To clarify, I am SO white. This was the early 90s. So just imagine it: white kid with big teeth and big ears. He seems a little... off. He has a strange vocal tick, and talks slow. He's wearing the biggest sombrero you ever saw, and he is totally clueless about cultural appropriation. Unfortunately, he is also unaware, for the time leading up to his arrival, how ridiculous he will look in this thing either way. I found the sombrero at the thrift store with my mom. I immediately fell in love. Among my growing collection of favorite movie genres, westerns were in the top ten. I cannot stress it enough: I LOVED THIS HAT. So let's fast forward. I just arrived at camp in the afternoon after a long drive. After orientation and getting set up in my cabin, I got dressed for dinner. I changed my clothes, and on popped my giant sombrero. I headed to the cafeteria, confident that my awesome hat will impress everyone. I'd make a cool entrance, and people would gasp in awe of the splendor of my enormous hat. It was only as I grew closer to the main hall that I began to take notice of the children around me, as small groups of twos and threes streamed into the hallway leading to the cafeteria. I didn't see any costumes. I grew more and more anxious as got closer and closer to the door. My confidence in my rad headgear bled away. I walked through the doorway. Imagine my horror, as I scanned the crowd and found that not a single kid there was wearing a costume of any kind! In I walk, wearing the BIGGEST SOMBRERO YOU EVER SAW IN YOU LIFE. The rest is a blur. I don't remember if I took it off and fled, or kept it on and stayed, or some combination of the two. I wish I could remember, but all I remember is that moment, walking in and reeling in horror. This is just a small sample of my ridiculous childhood. This story is not unique for me. My entire childhood was a big cringe-fest.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
It seems nothing funny happened in my childhood or my memories are so blurred, but I just remembered one with our son,when he was around five years old. There was some old water pool and some comunity action of painting the walls around,many young people and nice atmosphere, my husband took our son to see how walls are painted, and after some time our son, who was just in swimming suit,comes back to me to show me proudly how nicely he painted with some white oil wood paint not only the walls but himself too!!!!!He was thick white all over, shorts, legs, boddy, face , hair!!! And so proud!!!!! It turned that my husband,who would be able to speak even with a tree about photosintezys, started endless chatting with people ,while totally forgetting our son ,who,free as bird,started painting a wall and himself. We needed to quickely buy turpentine or any other oil paint disolver in order to clean a paint before it dries.I was in such a hurry and my husband killed me, he said, let us stay for some more, its really nice atmosphere here... (Will not bother you with words that crossed my mind at that moment ...) Anyhow,end of weekend and no shops opened, we finaly found a shop and got a turpentine disolver, I took our son in bath tube and literally washed him with turpentine, scrubbing paint that started to dry, my poor little artistic son was screemeng " you are bad parents" even though I explained him the situation and that it will be unpleasant process , sharp smell of turpentine all over .....Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
Growing up my family has been the weirdest When i was at the 3rd grade or something My elder brother had a bad habbit of ordering random online stuffs One time he accidentally ordered 19 matress covers Late when my mom found out about it she was spitting fire Bonus: when we was kids we used to stick my mom's (not used) tampons up our nose cuz we thought that's how we should use it Me and my brother~Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was a kid my mom told me I couldn't lay on the floor to watch TV because of the draft from the door. Only, I though she said giraffe and I spend many evenings trying to figure out how a giraffe flattened itself enough to get under the front door and what it would do to make me sick. I was terrifiedHey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
Once when my brother was three and I was two we were put down for naps. My brother ended up pooping in his diaper, but instead of telling my mom ( or whatever 3 year olds do when they poop) he pulled his pants of and painted the walls with his hands and feet and poo. We called him ' Poo- caso'Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
One time when my mom, brother, and I were traveling with my Aunt and cousins, we had a 5 hour layover in Istanbul. We went to the food court and ate a bite before we had to catch our connecting red-eye flight. So while my Aunt and Mom are busy with something, like finding our gate or whatever, here are 5 kids sitting slightly unsupervised at a table. The janitor, an older man, walks over and starts PETTING my younger cousin, who was 8 at the time. Not in a creepy way, but like a man would do to his daughter or granddaughter. It felt really confusing in the moment, but looking back I always get a good laugh out of it.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
I was 9 and we were on a river trip. We had pulled off the water to have lunch on the beach and when we were finished one of the men announced that he had "to see a man about a horse" and wandered into the rushes. I immediately got up to follow - I wanted to see the horse! Needless to say, my parents were quick to hold me back, and we had a nice chat about some of the more colorful idioms and why I couldn't take them so seriously.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
Not mine but my niece has given me permission to share. First day of kindergarten, she come home from school with a black eye, looking very proud of herself. When my sister, horrified, demanded to know what had happened, she gave a huge grin and happily replied "I headbutt a little boy!" "What? Why??” "Because I like him!" "That is NOT how we show people we like them!" "Uh huh! He headbutt me back! Now we're best friends!!" Sure enough, eleven years later and they are still best friends. I'm convinced they'll be more one day. Side note: I learned a few months after the initial friendship headbutt, that they had been trying to switch bodies like the movie Freaky Friday... I have no words for that one. LolHey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was a kid I hated shoes and could be seen regularly not wearing shoes, even at time where shoes would be expected. One night when I was about 9 or 10 years old my parents decided to take us to the drive-in movies and then said we would just stay the night at a hotel since it would be so late to drive home. We used to go to the drive-in movies a lot as a kid, but never stayed in hotels after, we just came home. Despite the change, I didn't think much about the change. So I put on my very favorite fuzzy pajamas, a sundress for the morning, picked my favorite snacks, and piled into the car with my parents and little brother who is a year younger than me. Movies were great and I never remember going to the hotel afterwards. In the morning, I get myself ready and pile into the car again. After a short drive, my parents pull around the corner and I see large signs pointing us in the direction of Cedar Point (a large amusement park about 2 hours from home). This is when I burst into hysterical tears. My parents, totally confused at the situation turn to look at me. I catch my breathe and between tears finally get out "I'm not wearing any shoes!" My parents are beside themselves and speechless. They are mad at themselves for not noticing that their child hasn't been wearing shoes for the last 12+ hours, that their 9 year old didn't even put shoes on but also because since are 2 hours from home. Since this was the 90s and before cell phones, it took them a minute but they did find a Payless Shoe Store. They made me sit in the car while my mom picked out new shoes. It took over an hour before we finally made it to the amusement park. In 37 now and my mom still makes sure I have shoes when we go anywhereHey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was about five we were on Fishers Island New York for the summer. Visiting a beach where seagulls had numerous nests I picked up an egg and my thumb went through it. The egg was rotten and I could not suck my thumb for a week!Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
9 year old me (F) approached my mom with my cat in my arms and declared, “this is my big pussy!”. She lost it!😂😂😂Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was in 2nd or 3rd grade, I had this bully who was a 5th grader and one day I punched him in the gut because he was about to hit me. So then I go to the principals office and I get suspended for 4 or 5 school days while the boy was unpunished. When my mom got there she asked why the other boy wasn't getting punished and the secretary said "It's not always about your son" my mom got mad because I felt like I was in danger and acted in self defense but because he didn't actually hit me he wasn't getting in trouble. So my mom turned to me and said "Let's go get some ice cream" when the secretary questioned it my mom said "I am not going to punish my son for acting in self defense.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When me and my brother were little he found some hair products and put them in his hair. My mom was busy on her online college so she said for him to go to bed. He then came back and said "I took care of it mommy." Later we learn he dunked his hair in the toilet.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
I was about four y/o, and my mom had a cold. I have no idea what my thought process was, but I cut a big chunk of her hair off. I still feel really bad about it.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
When I was in kindergarten..I had much to learn yet in this life! I was proud that I sharpened a pencil to an honorable point:) then I proceeded to hold it point end up on the desk; laughed nodding my head foward; stabbing myself in the forehead. I looked up cross-eyed and confused as it stayed there in my head.! I had lead stuck there in my forehead for years. A lesson that we all must learn especially the ability to laugh at ourselves. Lol!!Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
I was on a punt with some friends. One was misbehaving so his mum told us tho push him in. He panicked and pushed me in instead. But I hung of and only had one foot in the water, with both arms and my other leg still in the boat. The only thing was it was a really awkward position. To get back in, I had to jump out the boat and then climb back in. As soon as I put my other leg in, I remembered my phone was in that pocket. I was the only one who found this funny. (BTW my phone was fine.)Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
Funny memory 1: When I was at primary school, we had an awards ceremony and it went for well over an hour. We were coming to the end of it when my name was called and they asked me to come up to the front--infront of the whole school. So I got up, but my legs collapsed beneath me because we'd been sitting there for so long in such a cramped condition that my blood circulation in my legs had completely stopped. Unsure what to do, I crawled to the front to claim my award. Funny memory 2: I went to the beach in my wetsuit and waterproof shoes and went for a swim in the sea. When I came out I felt this weird feeling in my shoe. I thought I was imagining it at first, but it persisted, so I took off my shoe and a fish jumped out. Don't worry though, I got the fish back in the sea unharmed :) But yeah I've never heard of fish swimming into people's shoes before. Very odd. If you're curious about the species it was a baby lemon sole fish (I think) either that or something similar.Hey Pandas, What Is A Funny Memory From Your Childhood That You Don't Mind Sharing?
My story is about my oldest brother and one of my uncles. My uncle (a teen at the time) had a habit of waylaying my brother (5 yr old) everytime we came home from town as he usually had candy that uncle could just grab and scarf down before anyone could catch him. That habit kinda backfired one day. Anyone out there old enough to recall when Gravy Train dog food first came out? You guessed it, then. My brother gets out of the car with his hand close to his chest, acting as if he is REALLY enjoying his goodies. Uncle runs up, snatches a handful of kibbles from brother and crams them in his mouth! No surprise that he never did that again, but I have a whole slew of stories like this. The 'Normal' gene not only doesn't run in our family, it runs from it! Melissa TO • is following a person
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