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When we were kids, many of us were far braver, more energetic, and took more risks than when we finally grew up. Sure, it might have meant that we got in trouble way more often, but it was fun. Not to mention incredibly memorable.

The X (formerly Twitter) online community recently shared their funniest childhood stories in a massively viral thread created by user Laura (@itzwahalalaura). Scroll down for their most interesting posts and for some inspiration to live life to the fullest, just like when you were little.

Image credits: itzwahalalaura

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mbforeveralways Report

Tempest
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of this one time I was a flower girl at a relative’s wedding and one of the other flower girls went missing during the reception. It was at a massive hotel so finding her was near impossible. Smart little me thought it will be cool to “go missing” myself and, during the commotion, went and hid in a closet in a randomly open room. I got my ears blasted off that day by the adults who had to succeed in finding the other flower girl only to start all over again to look for me.

Papa
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The police didn't get called, but I'm told that when I was a baby my mother laid me right in the middle of a bed, and then went into another room for a brief time. When she came back she couldn't find me for a while, but she finally looked under the bed, and there I was. Apparently I had rolled off the bed and then under it without making a sound.

Rosemary
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was 2 years old, my parents were building a new house. When they took me with them to a hardware store for plumbing supplies, I took a pee in a display toilet.

Alana Rose
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That reminds me of the time I went hiking in the woods with my cousin and my aunt's house I got lost in the woods I ran for 5 miles looking for help ended up traveling from New Jersey all the way to New York State and the woman whose house I ended up was a florist she sold flowers out of her house she had a big green house she called the police search and rescue came and got me and took me back to my aunt's house and somehow the very next day my aunt shows back up at the lady's house who rescued me turns out my aunt knew the lady because she bought flowers from her all the time

Huddo's sister
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One day when my mum was about 2, she went missing from her front yard. They found her a little while later outside the local pool (at the end of their street). She had seen her friends (older, school aged kids) walk past and decided to follow them.

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    #2

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    Reese_eeee Report

    Quitethedilemma
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here's an upvote because someone needs to lay off the unnecessary down voting.

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    Maisey Myles
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My toddler grandson cut the grass with his little play mower that made bubbles as he pushed it. In the rain, naked. He was quite proud!

    Allison A
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the tought the counts lol

    You stole that from Robocop
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once weeded the garden not realised that the weeds were in fact about an 8 square metre patch of tomato plants that my dad had sown the month beforehand. The patch in question was usually a flowerbed.

    Susan Teter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope it was a riding mower, and not a push mower!

    Bec
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably because engaging the blades is more of a riding mower thing

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    Susan Teter
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    1 year ago

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    Xenon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Learning was had.

    Paul Gerrard
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    1 year ago (edited)

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    What does it mean to turn on the blades. All mowers rotate when operating? Or is this kazakstan?

    #3

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    allaalalalalala Report

    cerinamroth
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that's no way to speak about any woman, relative or not.

    Leading_Gold
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    C'mon! That's hilarious 😂. Idk anyone who wouldn't laugh if a little kid said that. At least I don't want to know anyone like that

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    MushroomHead22
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah people back in the day have no sense of humour. doing this today would get a laugh out of the aunt.

    Natalie H
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids call it like it is 😂

    Allison A
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing is more truthful than a child's opinion XD

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    X user Laura’s thread was a viral hit. At the time of writing, the entire discussion was viewed a jaw-dropping 47.5 million times on the social network. The thread also spread elsewhere on the internet and was picked up by some media outlets.

    Clearly, the topic meant a lot to people. Nostalgia is a very powerful way to connect to your audience. The simple fact is that many people enjoy reminiscing about their past… Or, well, at least about the periods when they felt happy, free, and empowered.

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    #4

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    faytrain Report

    glowworm2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well at least she knew who did it!

    The Starsong Princess
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My ex microwaved toast for ten minutes instead of ten seconds and burned down half his parents house. They made him move out x he was 23 but still.

    Marla
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A polite agent of chaos

    Anita Rapp
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom put a potato in the microwave and set it on fire. She had dementia but didn't like to ask for help. It was set for many hours but combusted before that.

    HyperSocialCheeseFoe
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tried microwaving a poptart with the foil once. Turned the microwave off immediately then told my mom the poptart was struck by lightning.

    Kim Lorton
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once made an angel food cake and used a dozen eggs my Mom had just bought… i did it wrong and it actually bounced! She ended up laughing when my sisters dug into it and threw it on the floor, and watched it bounce. I had to buy new eggs with babysitting money!

    Midnight (she/her)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I set butter on fire in the microwave once 🤣

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    isadorenoir Report

    Mark
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Effective strategy if there are people around

    Rahul Pawa
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What they teach in first aid training is to pick one person and say, "you in the (specific article of clothing), call 911 tell them a woman passed out on the sidewalk and then tell me what they say." You want to pick one person because of the bystander effect.

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    Zoey Rayne
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's adorable, and totally the adults' fault if they didn't point out the buttons on the phone first.

    Androgyny Lunacy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤣 This one made me laugh the most so far.

    Madeleine Summers
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What would happen if you actually called 911

    Traci-Anna Malolos-de la Cruz
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My SIL did the same but she actually did pick up the phone, just didn't dial! LOL

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    #6

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    Androgyny Lunacy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lmfao no wait, this one has me laughing to the point of crying actual tears. 🤣

    Gen X Feral
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😭😭😭 Omg that is the most preciousfull I've ever seen! I'd cry myself off my deathbed and walk right out the hospital if my grandbabies did this.

    Marshmallow Fluff
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This picture is from 2018 when two kids tried to get into see Black Panther

    Meowzers!
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This has inspector gadget vibes

    Svenne O'Lotta
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That picture has been around for years, stop lying

    Pamelot
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What brave ingenuity. This IS a great memory. 😁

    Tobias Reaper
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the ninja they had ninjas guarding the hospital in case it was attacked by pirates

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    Mia Bouhan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahaahhahahhahahahahhahahhahahahhaha

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    sumptesh Report

    Robert T
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I doubt the actual David was touring. He is 5.17 metres tall and weighs 8.5 tons and would be far too valuable to risk moving. It was likely a replica, of which quite a number have been made.

    Rostit.. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You'd be wrong . It was the real david. all 9 tons. you can read good ol wikipedia to see where the duplicates are located.

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    Igor914624
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back in the 90s, my wife and I won a week long trip to Paris, France. When we were in the Louvre, we were standing in front of the Venus De Milo statue and to our right was a very Upper Crust British couple that were about the same age as us. I looked to my right at my wife and said "How does he turn off her alarm clock in the morning?" My wife starts trying to suppress her laughter, and we hear the British couple start laughing too. So we all had a good laugh that day. They asked us where we were from and we did the same. They were the nicest people to talk with. We walked around with them for some time taking about the art.

    Hakitosama
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have a permanent dinosaur exhibition in Brussels. At the time, little 5yo me had just watched Jurassic Park (yeaaah my parents just saw "Spielberg" and didn't think that through) and when I got in there was a life size T-Rex animatronic..... We promptly run back outside because I was literally screaming my lungs raw 😅

    Nitka Tsar
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you think it was a mountain to play on or something? Or why did you mention Spielberg? (For those who don‘t understand my meaning: Spiel means play and Berg means mountain, so „play mountain“)

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    René Sauer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hm, I wonder what songs he was playing during that tour.

    glowworm2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love it! To be honest, I thought they were going to talk about David's small manhood.

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    #8

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    JENNontheRocks_ Report

    Natalie H
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister and I made our own ‘ice skating rink’ on the kitchen floor with water and dish soap when our parents weren’t home. We cleaned it up afterwards so we wouldn’t get in trouble. My sweet mom thought we were being thoughtful and had mopped the floor, so she thanked us and made us a treat. After that we started mopping the floor for real, out of guilt. Lol

    Rostit.. .
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh she knew. She was just using that as a guilt trip.

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    Charles McChristy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's sad that you think this is a funny story.

    Svenne O'Lotta
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How is everyone so chill about violence against children? You hit your kids too or what?

    Androgyny Lunacy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dunno this made me laugh outloud but the whooping part made me sad.

    Realist
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🙄 Learn the lesson and laugh about the funny incidents later. You don't have to hit your children - if you ever have them - and that's fine, but you have to punish them somehow. I turned out great. 😄

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    René Sauer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once my parents left me alone at home while they went to our camper at a campground in the Netherlands with my sister (it was less then an hour away). Anyway, for some reason I was handling flour (maybe I was trying to bake something?) and got quit a lot of it on our black and white cat. When my parents came back they laughed and said that I tried to turn him from black and white into a a completely white cat 😁

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    MizzPatFussy Report

    DC
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... oh well ... let's bring the children on stage, they'll look innocent and cute!

    Bec
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My colleagues were relating Halloween stories and one said she had taken her son out with some other kids and he had taken off his costume and given it to her, so she assumes he's just tired of wearing the mask. She was standing back and letting the kids go up to the door and realizes her son is getting lots of candy. He was telling everyone he was too poor for a costume 😂

    TheGoodBoi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mother wanted to teleport

    Definitely a Human
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't that literally the point of a church?

    Androgyny Lunacy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did they help?? That's what they're supposed to do.

    AQWER11222
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    highly doubt that, churches never give money from what i am aware of

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    AQWER11222
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so where's the part with the whoppings? screams? any?

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    gametime__jay Report

    Natty Tempest
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Race 'B'? Frankly, I don't know why we don't have kiddy I'd.

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    lavidatina Report

    Fortescue_
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, but what's an elliptical?

    PeePeePooPoo
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a home fitness machine, much more expensive than five bucks lol

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    LH25
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, while it cost a lot more for your Aunt to buy, she may not have been able to sell it for a lot more then $5. I've tried to sell things like that and had a really hard time finding a buyer.

    Maisey Myles
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They were lucky to get the $5. I do estate sales and in my experience, you can’t give away most home work out machines.

    Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    went to a sale once, and the husband told us we could buy all we wanted for 25 cents each, but just until his wife got home..."I'm never going to be in charge of her sale again"! we loaded the car with GUILT and ran!! (handmade quilts, a woodstove! kids toys never opened, kitchen appliances also never opened, bread machine A KITCHEN AID MIXER and so on). sorry!!

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    nayeli_garza1 Report

    BrownTabby
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still appreciate that my wisdom tooth surgery was scheduled for 2:30.

    imgonaarickrollyousohard
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reception at my dentist office set me up for 2:30 appointment and I ended up having to explain that joke

    brittany
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i stil remember getting my wisdom teeth out. my bio mom was laughing at how her sister was so out of it, she begged the dentist to put her teeth back in bc removing them cost a lot of money. bio mom said she couldnt wait for me to say something funny and get it on video. all i remember waking up is telling myself in my head to not say anything. to not give her a reason to make fun of me. she got angry she couldnt get me to talk funny on the drive home

    Steve Hall
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always go to happy hour right after I go to the dentist, I usually don't feel (or remember) a thing.

    Raumpfleger
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    1 year ago

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    SCP 049
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tooth Hurty sounds like 2:30, and you go to the dentist when your teeth hurt.

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    Kids who grow up in authoritative households usually become well-adjusted and happy adults. They’re confident and cheerful. They’re independent and energetic. And they tend to be well-educated, very curious, and prone to cooperating with other people. They also know their own worth and have fewer self-esteem issues than kids who were raised using different parenting styles.

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    UdonNoodlz Report

    SweetCheesySpaghetti
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cousin had an imaginary friend named Horny when she was like 3-5 years old. When she started school she told everyone he got run over by the school bus, thus ending the reign of horny.

    BookFanatic
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was ten my mom got a new Jeep. She asked me what I wanted to name it. Seeing as how it was red, I said "Cherry!" I was told that was inappropriate. Now that I'm older and wiser, I'm still wondering why Mom's mind immediately went to the gutter on that one...

    Alex Helm
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the 90s there was a pop song that went ‘I’m horny, horny, horny’. A little girl was dancing along to it and was asked if she knew what it meant. In response, she used her hands to make horns in her head, singing, I’m horny!

    Carolyn Jones
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a unicorn that I called Horny. My mom was so scared I would take it out in public and announce it's name.

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My step sister got embarrassed when her son took his favourite toy out too. It was Woody from Toy Storey, but quite large, and he called it 'my big Woody'!

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    Miki
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah. Good name. Adults broke it.

    Androgyny Lunacy
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Horny toad. Well antelopes do have horns. Horny would possibly be a good name for a unicorn or rhino too. Lol

    Nitka Tsar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh I know one of these too. When my sister and I were little, we visited our family in Poland. We grew up in Germany though. For some reason we used the tram one day and when there came a … turn/ bend one of us shouted „there is a kurwa!“ (k u r w a) which means „prostitude“ in Polish and is a swear word too. In German a bend/ turn would be called Kurve, and we took that word and made it Polish you see. My Mom wanted to vanish. Lol The correct word would have been zakręt by the way.

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    arrtnem Report

    Debbie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet she did it on purpose to scare you into never hiding there again

    Dan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom did that to the cat. "What's that thumping?" That cat SHOT out of the dryer when she opened it.

    Bec
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Uncle's family did the same but it was not a happy ending

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    Kato Ninja
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My little brother tried this when we were kids. He couldn’t get back out again and Fire & Rescue had to come and take the dryer apart. It’s funny now, twenty years later…

    Candace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I kid you not when I say my jaw DROPPED in shock

    Gen X Feral
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I played hide n seek with my mom exactly one time. I crawled into the linen closet behind all the blankets all squished up. She sat down and read her dmn book enjoying the peace in quiet. After half an hour I said never again.

    Bryn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i used to play in the dryer lol, would use my feet to move it.

    Colleen Glim
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My youngest tried to help by washing pillows one day. Shorted out the dryer, water everywhere. She hid from her dad because she was scared of getting in trouble. He freaked out. Couldn’t find her. Called me home from work. Found her hiding behind the wagon in the basement.

    Susan Teter
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was 5 and my little sister was 3. We were playing hide and seek, and I saw her get in the dryer (of course I cheated...she was 3!). I walked over, shut the door, and turned it on. My mom came running in when she heard the thumping of my sister being tumbled. She asked what happened...I just shrugged. Love ya Sis, but I won!!!

    April Dancer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is anyone else uncomfortable reading these stories of kids hiding in tumble driers? Especially switching it on like this one. Terrifying behaviour, please don't put ideas in to children's heads about these things. Not for their siblings or their pets.

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    Fr3akyyD Report

    Bryn
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    1 year ago

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    how? she just said she had one.

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    Anonymous Anomaly
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the cycle repeats...check out that profile photo🙄

    CD Mills
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My son shaved his eyebrows off when he was in third grade. Luckily, he was very blond so it wasn't super noticeable. You would get a sense that 'something was off' but it wasn't very apparent. Plus he was zipping around from the time he woke up until his eyes slammed shut at night so lots of people never noticed that 'The Blur' didn't have eyebrows. LOL

    PeepPeep the duck
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did that too 😂 my mum made me go to school with them, took a photo and being the loser in school already, it was a “fun” couple of weeks 😂

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I waxed my 4 year old granddaughter's unibrow. Her Mom didn't even notice.

    Svenne O'Lotta
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Abusing your children isn't funny goddammit. Neither physically nor verbally.

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    How is that abuse? Stating the obvious. I've told my daughter she has one just like me. She called us Oscar laughed and went on about her life. I swear yall are so fckn sensitive. Please homeschooling your kids. I don't need them around mine. My kids will end yours will 1 corny joke.

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    rn1obab Report

    Nina
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my word.. Reminds me of the time I wanted to be helpful and free up space on our family pc. Removed a lot of system32 folders because we didn't use those things anyway 🙈

    InfiniteZeek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did that when I was around 10ish, I was trying to free up space for a song 🤣

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    Spannidandoolar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This makes me washing our kettle with washing up liquid look much better!

    Nitka Tsar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You cannot be mad about such things

    Madeleine Summers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister deleted my favorite game, which I worked on for 5 months, just so there could be space for my talking angla

    Susan Teter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lemme guess...they were not happy.

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    GwiTHaG974 Report

    TheGoodBoi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please tell me you had sunglasses on too

    Androgyny Lunacy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hopefully your momma gave you a bath with soap and water soon after. Eek. Still funny though. 😁

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mum used to use (unused) rubbish bins to collect rainwater to water the plants. We weren't allowed to use the sprinkler because of water restrictions, so one day we used the bins as a pool. Not sure if it was the case that day, but sometimes my grandad put some kerosene on top to kill mosquitos.

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    #18

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    imCement Report

    Fortescue_
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why weren't the relatives legal?

    Ace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The "yet" implies that they were undocumented immigrants, waiting until they'd been there (in the US, i guess) long enough to register officially, or however it works.

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    Kimi Little
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Migrants don't differentiate between La Miga and the cops. Funny for an eleven year old, I get ya, but horrifying for immigrants.

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    There needs to be consistency in how parents behave and what values they promote. For instance, if you want your kid to be more independent and self-reliant, you need to loosen the reins a bit. You need to let your child explore the neighborhood and play outside with less supervision. This won’t happen if you’re a helicopter parent, constantly hovering near them, scared for their safety, and rushing to their aid to solve every tiny inconvenience.

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    Th0tleyCrue Report

    Jessica Shookhoff
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Modern problems require modern solutions! 🤣🤣🤣

    Spannidandoolar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tbf I did this with our garlic crusher. My husband always bought fresh garlic, used the crusher but never cleaned it properly as it's a PITA and instead just left it for me (I'm a cheat and prefer frozen diced garlic). One day I just threw it away, he eventually replaced it with one that the dishwasher can manage so I don't regret a thing.

    meow point1
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of when I was a kid and I threw away a book the teacher had me read, which I hated. My parents tried to tell me I had no right to throw it away because it belonged to the school, but I didn't know how something could belong to the school if it was on our property.

    Meowzers!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was around 10, I went through a phase of throwing used tea bags on top of the kitchen counters (up high) rather than walking the short distance to the bin. When we moved house a year later, they were all still there, and my dad found them. He didn't say anything at the time. It was just last year we were reminiscing, and he brought it up (30 years later). He said there must have been around 50+ dried up tea bags on top of the cupboards. He found it hilarious, apparently. Just the shock of laziness on my part.

    Martin König
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not the brightest daughter-mom couple, one would say.

    Do-nut touch da donut
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How does one throw it off the balcony twice?

    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Threw the first off the balcony. Parents either found it or bought another. Hence, the second throwing.

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    DontBotherKeiti Report

    Dak Janiels
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The list of censored words on BP must be incredibly long. Their internal memos must be a redacted nightmare!

    CD Mills
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm right there with you! I never liked 'the black cookies' either.

    MP
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The icing is the worst part!

    Garthus Andicus
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister would suck all the salt off pretzels and lick all the icing off cupcakes. Being the sweetheart that she was she would put them back for everyone else to enjoy lol

    Dawnieangel76
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't like the filling in Oreos, my niece doesn't like the cookies. We had YEARS of great sharing with no waste.

    Boris’ Mom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I gotta say: I really liked the crunchy chocolate cookies....and really didn't care for that frosting they used....

    #21

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    brownbella18 Report

    VonBlade
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I swapped her lipstick for superglue. She's still not speaking to me

    Dak Janiels
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see what you did there... now get out! /s lol

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    meow point1
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend's little sister once superglued her butt together, and to this day, that's STILL the main thing Dad knows about her.

    CD Mills
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My oldest Neice glued together the outside half of one eyelid with super glue. She was gluing something and scratched an itch...

    DC
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fingers. Index and middle on the right hand, at age 10. Lasted like 2 days or so, then got ripped off with a layer of skin, but no blood to flow. A guy I knew told a story of how he glued his brother's eyes shut, but I don't believe him ... his brother told a different version, that he ATTEMPTED to try that, but didn't even get close to his big brother's eyes to begin with. Explaines why he had a black eye, too.

    Susan Teter
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't know how many parents WANT to do this to their kids! 🤣

    PeepPeep the duck
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have used superglue for eyelash glue 😂 it was the worst but I was young and desperate and about to go on stage and I didn’t want one eyelash 😂

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    Similarly, if you want your munchkin to be empathetic and altruistic, you have to put in the time and energy to set a good example. You could volunteer for a cause together. Or you could donate some toys or food to the needy during the holidays. However you approach this question, you need to show that it’s part of your actual lifestyle.

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    Laura8759 Report

    Zoë Beauchamp
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From my experience (our Grandma caught us before we went too far) it's not brown and it doesn't smell like poo. It's a slick black and it has a distinct smell. The best I can say it is "dirty mud". Like you know it's not regular mud but a child wouldn't know it's septic run off just by looking at/smelling it.

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    JB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure I believe this. Septic tanks REEK! Surely, the parents would have said something when OP et al arrived back home stinking of raw sewage?

    Nina
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must've been fun coming home smelling like that 😅

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaha! We were camping once and I was the designated "fire maker" as I was really good at digging the firepit. My daughter (about 4) and I went one direction to look for firewood, while my husband and son went another. Daughter found some "horse apples", which makes a great firestarter. We met up back at the camp and my son (about 12) yells "Why is she playing with horse poop?" My daughter was horrified and was yelling "Why did you let me pick up horse poop?" I was laughing so hard I could hardly talk, but she understood as soon as I got the fire going - dried manure makes some really gorgeous flames.

    Meowzers!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fumes from a septic tank can knock you out and kill you in minutes. I highly doubt anyone would be playing in one.

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    LetsTalkFriend0 Report

    Jennifer Mathison
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Server came by mid meal to ask how everything was. My niece (without any prior warning) pipes up “I want another sandwich!” Server doesn’t even look at any of the adults at the table, just says “OK!” And walk off to put in an order for a whole nother kids meal.

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    gladsome1saidit Report

    Mark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How does one set a yard on fire?

    Alex Martin
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    School yard is this case would be a large manicured grass field adjacent to a school. When the grass goes dormant due to cold or drought it can be very flammable, the kid was probably playing with matches or a magnifying glass and lit it on fire. In the U.S. we call the areas around our houses or businesses yards, as in front yard, back yard. We reserve the word garden for an organized area with plants such as a rose garden or a vegetable garden. For example, I have a vegetable garden in my backyard with 12 raised beds where we are currently growing winter crops of broccoli and cauliflower.

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    Zaach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was young we were lighting small brush fires and stomping them out - oops, got out of control and the fire department was called. I hid in a baseball dugout all day until my brother came and got me

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    Lineachovi Report

    Bozo B. Clown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mom: Just get into bed, you know the routine. Sleep demon: *gets into bed*

    The Starsong Princess
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to do that. Very disconcerting for my mum!

    Matthew Tabor
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I also did this a few times as a kid, but when she opened her eyes and saw me standing there she screamed.

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    #26

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    lavenderpetalz Report

    Verfin22
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A firecracker blew up in my face when I was six. I have cataracts now(43).

    Bozo B. Clown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This last 4th of July, my friends and I had spent away too much money on fireworks, and one of the tube cannons exploded beside my arm as I put it in the tube. My ear was deaf for several days and my arm looked pretty ugly.

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    Anita Rapp
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was 7, my sister 5. We were toasting marshmallows in the campfire. Best when charred. She turned while still blazing and the sticky marshmallow stuck to my hand. Spent the summer bandaged to my elbow.

    Hakitosama
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I loved to put things in a big jar to see what would burn and how....... My mom's parfum + pencil exploded... Mom wasn't happy

    JB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do parents still give their young(ish) children sparklers? I look back at growing up in the 70-80s: my parents were VERY careful about keeping us away from the fireworks but, here, have a stick that’s throwing off sparks and burns red hot 🤔

    Kim Lorton
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We lived in a fully furnished rental house on the beach in Virginia. My mom didn't want to life in base housing while ours was built. But fully furnished meant everything was there! Toys pots and pans etc. they had this big dresser in the living room and i went exploring as I was 8 and nosy . I found all kinds of interesting things! Pictures and papers and yup… matches. Fertile mind find matches and then takes them outside where its all dry grass. It had an outdoor shower. I made a campfire. Bad idea. Dad found out and did not punish me but instead, cut some of my very long hair off, and set it on fire in an ashtray. I was suitably impressed and scared. My fascination with fire was done with. We also found a can of Rightguard deoderant spray and thinking it was hairspray used it on my hair. I did not stink thats for sure!!!

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    BlackBoobah Report

    Heather Steinbrink
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I stuck my tongue to a flag pole. I had gone to the park to ice skate but it was too cold for everyone else. I decided to see if the tongue trick would work (early 80s so before A Christmas Story) before I headed home. I had to rip my tongue off the pole. I walked about 6 blocks spitting blood and crying tears that froze.

    My O My
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm 36 and I have to use all my willpower to NOT stick my head through holes in fences and tongue on cold stuff.

    Bec
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back in the 90s (maybe 80s) there was a TV show called Rescue 911 that told real 911 stories. One was about a little girl who went to get something out of the freezer and accidentally got her tongue stuck.

    Dan
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did they double dog dare you to stick your tongue onto a pole?

    DC
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... a vehicle lifter ... "Wagenheber" in german ... can apply huge forces, and likely can bend all metal fences you happen to get stuck in. It wasn't actually my head, but my device that we used when a neighbour (of my Grandma) had his grandkids over, and they got stuck in a fence in the neighbourhood.

    Anna Chandler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You must have been a triple dog dare kind of kid. 😂

    Pickle (they/she)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got my knee stuck in a fence at Seaworld when I was 4. Luckily, I didn't have to call the fire department.

    René Sauer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    couldn´t you just, like, use your warm breath to free your tongue when it freezes on metal?

    Svenne O'Lotta
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, you cannot do that. That just makes it worse.

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    The recommended amount of time that kids should spend being physically active, according to the CDC, is at least an hour each day. Time spent on social media, playing video games, and binging videos is time that could be spent on being active, socializing, reading, and learning new skills. But parents cannot expect their kids to have healthy boundaries with tech if they don’t set a proper example.

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    clubcillian Report

    Bryn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i mean, when i was in first grade i chased my crush around the playground & threw basketballs at him.

    Tiddlez
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Little Rizzmaster over here lol

    Hannah Rees
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well you must have been around some very suspect people/images etc. if you were behaving like this aged six. I hope you're okay.

    Quitethedilemma
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even kids shows have stuff that looks sus to adults and is meant to be completely harmless. Or kids movies that havehidden humour for adults. Doesn't necessarily mean this child was subject to harmful material or people. But in saying that i hope they weren't.

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    StreeteLovely Report

    Mark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like that would require a lot more effort

    Nina
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can of spray paint, do pssh and done?

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    oluchidi Report

    The Short Lady
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Usually a church effort to "evangelize" or proselytize in a city or area.

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    Bryn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I didn't get any beating" it always shocks me when people just casually mention they were abused, like wtf.

    Nina
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yay, no beating today 😬

    Stardust she/her
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine your parents being that relieved. Mine would’ve beaten me regardless or they’d give a a lecture that would last the rest of the day

    Bryn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    " Mine would’ve beaten me regardless" I'm sorry you had to go through that, it wasn't right.

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    Why should a kid get off TikTok or Instagram if their parents spend all of their spare time glued to screens themselves? The parents themselves have to be physically active, eat healthy, be social and kind, and have a ‘can do’ attitude. Without all of this, their children will probably default to whatever they see being practiced at home or online.

    Which of these childhood stories did you enjoy the most? Do you have any similar experiences that you'd like to share with everyone? What do you miss about your childhood the most, dear Pandas? Scroll down to the comment section and share your thoughts with us.

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    Clarissa_Laskey Report

    𝖊𝖜𝖔𝛋
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure why I laughed so much at this. Maybe just the image of such a poor bewildered child wondering what on earth happened?

    That_One_Harry_Potter_Nerd
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Off-topic sorry, but i loved that scene so much, it made me cry so hard though (picture, not the story)

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    Azur_xx Report

    Luke Branwen
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    The origin of the "schools make kids transgender" myth.

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    Kleos_Den Report

    Nina
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even walking around the house and peeking in, dang, that's harassment.

    Persephone
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah! A lot of them are kids who have been brainwashed into it tho, as a "mission"; the elders literally make them do this to instill the fear of being shunned by having them go out and have doors slammed in their faces, being cursed out, etc., to say "hey, if you mess up, we will turn our backs on you, and you will be left in a cruel world like this, utterly alone". It's a brainwashing tactic for people they intentionally keep ignorant... they think they are doing the "right thing", bc their church told them it was so.

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    BookFanatic
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A good friend of mine is an ex-JW. When they knocked on her door, she scooped up her black kitty and a knife, then opened the door and said "Hi! You're just in time for the sacrifice!" Word got around and now they actively avoid her house.

    Persephone
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just answer the door and ask if they're there for the scheduled orgy, and that more people will be arriving any second!

    Androgyny Lunacy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To the adults in this situation-just answer the door in the nude. They'll never come back again. 😆

    Charles McChristy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call BS. They are taught not to do that. They WANT to convert you so they are not going to freak people out by peaking in windows.

    Robin Caulfield
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A pair caught my husband doing yardwork in front of the house. He told them he had too much work to do and didn't have the time to talk. They ended being here for about an hour helping hubby with the work whilst sharing their beliefs. He was happy for the help and said it was interesting to talk with them. They were nice boys. I'm very disturbed and saddened by the comments below regarding abuse. Nothing. Is. Good.

    Hannah Rees
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You or him/her? Either way this is not okay. Police should have been called.

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    hylianherb Report

    Charlotte Sandoval
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean... that's on the parents. Who bans their kid from a bathroom?

    Reggie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There could be some unsafe things kept in the bathroom, like razors, bleach,etc. Or the toilet seat could be too big or high for a child to use (I had once fallen in the toilet which my parents told not to use, so this ones coming from personal experience). There can be a variety of reasons.

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    trashm0uth_ Report

    Isaac Nemo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a stupid reason to have a parent pick up their child. Eating leaves, easily identified as mint, the delinquent...

    Jaya
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What happens when you have a piece of bologna in your pocket (as little kids sometimes do) and eat it at school, are they gonna call your parents like "your child was eating animal corpses"? Lol.

    Persephone
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's pocket salad that clearly is mint! Hard to misidentify that 1! At least you weren't snorting worms up your nose or eating dirt or boogers like other kids! Such nonsense.

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    #39

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    Zhanae_ Report

    Arnaud
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It could have been slightly funny if not so horribly written.

    Nina
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gotta love kid logic 😁

    #40

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    msofallspices Report

    JenC
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My bangs got too long and I kept forgetting to ask my mom to cut them, so I cut eyeholes so I could see.

    Chintan Shah
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is on the mom.. Why would you need to tell your mom that you cannot see.. can't she see that you can't see!?

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    PeePeePooPoo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I also shaved my eyebrows lol there was a show on tv, where they went around with an electric razor around town and asked a bunch of people if they would mind having one of their eyebrows shaved, and one girl said no I wouldn't mind so I thought it was the epitome of cool and did the same. I was five lol

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    Jan Rosier
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    neighbours lost their appr 5 yo son that way

    Persephone
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's absolutely awful! I'm so sorry for your neighbors! I keep guards in sockets, and speak about safety constantly with my kids... I've known kids that have done this, and they're lucky to be alive.

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    Persephone
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of my classmates growing up did this in art class in elementary school, with a paper clip; he now has segments on the weather channel, online science shows, and has been on a (stupid) reality series... Super proud of you N!!! ❤️ just glad you didn't electrocute yourself, lol. You've done so much with your life, have always had a kind heart, and a thirst for knowledge that inspires others! Please, please, please: nobody ever do this!!!! Make sure your kids know what could happen! My friend got so lucky; many do not!

    Charles McChristy
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    1 year ago

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    The way you write, on can safely assume you've done this more than once.

    Jaya
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's just writing in a different sociolect, nothing wrong with that. Complaining about things being "wrong" because someone writes/speaks in a different sociolect instead of using a more standard form of English, is almost like complaining that Australians are wrong because they speak differently than Americans, or complaining that teens are wrong because they use words that older generations don't know. It's also pretty condescending. Accepting that (sub)cultures differ and that different groups of people speak/write differently, is a lot more respectful.

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    #42

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    HorrorShaun Report

    NetworkMan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think people are reading this wrong. They didn't live like a king because they had money from the checks obviously, what I assume they are saying is that, because they were writing checks with a monetary value, and being 10 years old, chances are the people he was writing the checks for were also 10, and didn't understand that the money isn't there like cash. So they were able to 'buy' their friend's action figures, or pay the girl they liked to sit with them on the bus.

    Persephone
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, these kids didn't understand the checks were worthless. OP just wanted some friends! Poor guy was lonely.

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    Tobias Reaper
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    1 year ago

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    this one is didn't happen soo much that people who havent been born yet who will write fake stories have decided to not write them now

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    _eemeejota_ Report

    BrownTabby
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In fairness, this is how native English speakers act all the time.

    Mia Bouhan
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    true, sad, but true nonetheless ( I am an english speaker and I agree)

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    Jesse
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it bad that I did it too up until English class? (German btw... oh god. the implications.) All good now, I'm studying to become an interpreter

    Ross “Sarcastic Dad”
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the BP joke I saw yesterday when the German man is at French Customs and they ask him, "Occupation?" and he replies, "No, just visiting"

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    Ross “Sarcastic Dad”
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's actually the opposite. Native English speakers know the least about the language!

    FaceTime Audio
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly yeah. I’m a native English speaker, and I’d have serious trouble explaining how English conjugations work. My Spanish teacher once asked my class if we were taught how to conjugate “to be” in English, and was shocked to learn that we didn’t really and just absorbed how to do it. I can speak it, but I can’t help you speak it!

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    eva____ly Report

    Chintan Shah
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are some of these lower on the list posts all about terrible parenting?? OP basically said that his own mother (a grown adult) PURPOSELY left MEDICATION for her child to find and eat!?!? Rather than confronting a child about the dangers of eating medicine meant for adults she let a child eat a potentially toxic medicine and then tried to trick this child into thinking it was rat poison? WTF is wrong with this picture and why doesn't OP seem to realize / look at this from mom's perspective

    #45

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    the_usmanabass Report

    Rahul Pawa
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teach babies sign language. It helps them to communicate before they can make words even if they're not deaf. I don't think they thought OP was deaf or dumb. They wanted to know if he had a different way of communicating.

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    Valor_800m Report

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    #47

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    Lord_Rickie Report

    Linda Csapo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand this one.

    Panda On My Balcony
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He cooked nearly double the amount of rice he needed. It takes way longer to cook that much, so sounds like they found out after they had waited a while already.

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    SCP 049
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    1 year ago

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    Chintan Shah
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like despite this incident they picked you once again to take a penalty shot...

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    funkdafiedP Report

    Hannah Rees
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What was the reason for which she said that to you?

    Susan
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another terrible parent

    Chintan Shah
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many of these posts in the latter half of the list are terrible parenting...

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    #50

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    ipomoeaglory Report

    Nina
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Need more info. How did they train the dog? With pictures, like, chase this one? What was the size of the dog? Did the dog actually chase the brother?

    Ross “Sarcastic Dad”
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They just told the dog. Weren't you paying attention? Do dogs just not listen when you tell them to do things?

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    Charity Gosswiller
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This very well could be inaccurate, but the neighbors dog could’ve been specifically trained as a police dog or military or that sort of thing. My dog is currently trained to chase or jump on command.

    Deb M.F.
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    maybe they're a dog whisperer?

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    #51

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    eushingos Report

    DC
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now, THAT is funny!

    #52

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    UsingCigarettes Report

    cerinamroth
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    1 year ago

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    You're really not. Did no one ever tell you the story of the boy who cried wolf? One day, if you need help, no one will come. Then you'll see who's laughing.

    HugAMally
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think he was being sarcastic when saying he's funny.

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    PlutosHelmet Report

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    #54

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    nitaa_applebomb Report

    Chintan Shah
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously what is going on with humans in this world .. this should be an article about dysfunctional humans and stupid things they did but somehow don't realize that it's stupid

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    #55

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    tothewickedeast Report

    Jamilah toenailkilla
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I literally did the same thing lmao. I was so upset when I found them the next day

    JB
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Youngest sib brought home a pet slug. Threw an epic tantrum at bath time because pet NEEDED a bath too. Parent caved. Slug bathed. Slug drowned. More tears. We buried it with full (pet) honours.

    FaceTime Audio
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I kept Rollie-pollies in my pencil pouch at school circa 2nd grade.

    BookFanatic
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I brought in a lidless box of roly-polys (wood louse, sow bugs, etc). Did not know rollies could climb. We were finding those little suckers all over the house for days...