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Edit -----Share with us a time you got in mischief as a child or teen. Mine was sliding down a very high slag hill by (Original Post) debm55 May 29 OP
I grew up by a large freight yard CanonRay May 29 #1
Oh wow. that is scary. Glad you made it out, I lived in a steel mill town and we would hang around the trains. until we debm55 May 29 #8
Every single day. 2MuchNoise May 29 #2
HAHAHAHHHAHA. Thank you, 2MuchNoise. debm55 May 29 #9
Too many tales to tell Picaro May 29 #3
Thank you very much. Picaro. debm55 May 29 #11
allan01bear AllaN01Bear May 29 #4
HAHAHAHAH. Thank you AllaN01Bear for sharing with us. debm55 May 29 #12
Mischief night Freddie May 29 #5
Thank you Freddie.That could have been a real problem. debm55 May 29 #13
We band kids got away with nearly everything in high school! Basso8vb May 29 #6
It was like that at my High School. too. debm55 May 29 #14
That's my autobiography... MiHale May 29 #7
And I am glad that you are. Thank you MIHale. debm55 May 29 #15
I discovered fire WhiteTara May 29 #10
Wow, Thank you White Tara. That could have been a mess. debm55 May 29 #16
It was. lol WhiteTara May 29 #17
In 2nd grade I got in trouble for "mocking" the teacher. It was told to my parents at a parent teacher meeting... wcmagumba May 29 #18
So sorry, wcmagumba. My girlfriend taught me a new word that I never heard of or Knew the meaning of,I didn't understand debm55 May 29 #19
Yeah I learned that word in the second grade and said it to my mom. milestogo May 29 #20
I got the face slap. did she use the soap? if you are young. How are you supposed to know it is bad? debm55 May 29 #21
I think I avoided it by hiding between a couple pieces of furniture. milestogo May 29 #22
That same word got me in trouble, too. 2MuchNoise May 29 #23
I don't have too many because I have a very astute and overprotective mother. Behind the Aegis May 29 #24

CanonRay

(15,325 posts)
1. I grew up by a large freight yard
Thu May 29, 2025, 11:38 AM
May 29

where we'd sneak off and mess around. We got chased and shot at (salt shot) by Railroad cops.My friend got a few salt pellets in his butt.

debm55

(45,472 posts)
8. Oh wow. that is scary. Glad you made it out, I lived in a steel mill town and we would hang around the trains. until we
Thu May 29, 2025, 12:21 PM
May 29

chased away. Never got shot at

AllaN01Bear

(25,502 posts)
4. allan01bear
Thu May 29, 2025, 11:48 AM
May 29

1: get your hand out of that cookie jar.. ( iwas being as stealthy as possible . our house was shaped like an l, and moms br was on the other side of the lliving room and next to the garage , so how did she hear me that far a distance.
2: quit jumping on the bed .

Freddie

(9,860 posts)
5. Mischief night
Thu May 29, 2025, 11:53 AM
May 29

Oct 30 - back in the day us little kids would do pretty harmless things like ringing doorbells and drawing on windows with soap. One night a police officer put the pack of us in his car and accused us of doing a lot worse (ripping out rose bushes). The oldest of us persuaded him we were innocent and he let us go. I ran home, shut myself in my room and cried for hours (I was 7). My parents never found out.

Basso8vb

(1,079 posts)
6. We band kids got away with nearly everything in high school!
Thu May 29, 2025, 11:56 AM
May 29

Fooled just about everyone because those band kids can't be up to no good.

College band was even crazier.

Too much to recall.

WhiteTara

(30,797 posts)
10. I discovered fire
Thu May 29, 2025, 12:24 PM
May 29

And while playing with the burn barrel, it jumped out and burned the field next to some large company. The employees had to run out and extinguish the flames before they reached the building.

I didn’t get in trouble and I don’t think there was a fine.

I now pray to Agni to contain my fires.

wcmagumba

(4,045 posts)
18. In 2nd grade I got in trouble for "mocking" the teacher. It was told to my parents at a parent teacher meeting...
Thu May 29, 2025, 12:52 PM
May 29

I'm sure I did this as I was always a smart alec kid. Unfortunately, I didn't know what "mocking" meant and no one told me....

debm55

(45,472 posts)
19. So sorry, wcmagumba. My girlfriend taught me a new word that I never heard of or Knew the meaning of,I didn't understand
Thu May 29, 2025, 01:07 PM
May 29

the meaning either. but I was 6 and had a knew word. so I went into my house, filled with aunts and said " I learned a new word---and it is __uck and it means__________. Got a slap across the face. I thought I was sharing a good thing

milestogo

(20,771 posts)
20. Yeah I learned that word in the second grade and said it to my mom.
Thu May 29, 2025, 01:20 PM
May 29

I still remember her coming at me with a bar of soap to wash out my mouth (yes, some moms actually did that). My defense was - "there's nothing bad about it - it rhymes with shucks".

debm55

(45,472 posts)
21. I got the face slap. did she use the soap? if you are young. How are you supposed to know it is bad?
Thu May 29, 2025, 01:34 PM
May 29

milestogo

(20,771 posts)
22. I think I avoided it by hiding between a couple pieces of furniture.
Thu May 29, 2025, 01:53 PM
May 29

Yeah, I don't know how you're supposed to know. The punishment is to make sure you don't forget it.

2MuchNoise

(167 posts)
23. That same word got me in trouble, too.
Thu May 29, 2025, 03:36 PM
May 29

I was in elementary school and decided it would be a good idea to write it on the bathroom stall.
I was in Catholic school. Let's just say, it didn't go ever very well.

Behind the Aegis

(55,411 posts)
24. I don't have too many because I have a very astute and overprotective mother.
Thu May 29, 2025, 03:47 PM
May 29

That said...I started smoking at 16 (11 years since I quit). I shoplifted a Playgirl as it wasn't easy for a young gay boy to find pics of naked men. I lived near DC when I was in my last two years of HS and would frequently sneak into the city and clubs. I was cute, so I was able to get into clubs that I shouldn't have. I developed a system of cheating to help a friend of mine who was Iranian and trying to pass HS to make it easier to get citizenship. She did! I used to "drop food" at a few of the places I worked in order to give away food to some people who I knew needed it. For prom, I got high as a kite on the grounds of the Washington Monument.

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